Researchers identify new personality construct found in individuals who tend to see themselves as victims

Washinton Examiner ^ | December 10, 2020 | Andew Mark Miller

[CheshireTheCat]

Researchers have defined a new personality construct to describe individuals who consistently see themselves as victims.

The research, published in Personality and Individual Differences, defined Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood, or TIV, as “an enduring feeling that the self is a victim across different kinds of interpersonal relationships.”

Rahav Gabay of Israel’s School of Psychological Sciences and her team of researchers conducted a series of eight studies of Israeli adults to explore the validity of the personality trait. The initial studies showed that TIV possesses four dimensions: moral elitism, a lack of empathy, the need for recognition, and rumination.

Two other studies found that the desire for revenge factored into TIV as well as intense negative emotions and entitlement to commit immoral behavior...

[CheshireTheCat]

This might actually explain a lot.

Of course, health insurance premiums will go up because there as so many in our society who will get a DSM coded-diagnosis and be eligible for covered psych services.

Of course, they would have to admit they have problem first.

But I wonder: What is the difference between this affliction and just plain being a jerk or evil?

[Track9]

Probably going to be used to take people’s guns away.

[blueunicorn6]

“The desire for revenge”

Huh.

Don’t see that much in Democrats.

[Right Wing Assault]

What so long to find this? Half of this country has it and schools are training kids in it.

[FreedomForce]

Yep, a personality construct that’s been constructed by leftists on a massive scale.

[ZOOKER]

Waiting for the other shoe to drop -

Like "Everyone who voted for Trump is a prime candidate for this illness .... directed to report to ______________ for evaluation ..."

[BipolarBob]

"One of us might have a touch of that".
"Speak for yourself".
"I just did."

[blueunicorn6]

Multiple Personality Disorder means you get more gifts for Christmas!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

A jerk will not expect you to "feel his pain".

A plain evil person will know what they are doing is wrong.

This person is a narcissus and has a persecution complex.

They will expect you to weep sad tears for them as they abuse you.

[Patriot777]

SPC: Spoiled Person Complex.

[Kickass Conservative]

They Voted for a guy with onset Dementia?

[Paladin2]

“and rumination”

https://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Ruminant_Digestion.html

As in Mental thought digestion.

[CodeToad]

Immaturity. A weakness.

[Gratia]

IOW, people who are easily susceptible to communist propaganda.

[Chickensoup]

I treated someone like this, a Marxist Leftist, Antifa type. He scores on all descriptors.

[CheshireTheCat]

I bet you have a lot of good stories and can write quite the interesting vanity about them.

[T.B. Yoits]

I thought this was satire from the Babylon Bee, not because it's false, but because it's too true to be shared in public.

The mental health profession is long overdue to identify and treat what is clearly a mental problem.

[Blood of Tyrants]

We used to just call them losers.

[BipolarBob]

We like how you think! :-)

[GOPJ]

But I wonder: What is the difference between this affliction and just plain being a jerk or evil?

LOL not much is my guess...

Victim-hood must be addictive - look at all the white people who pretend to be black... And all the fake hate crimes when the 'feelings' of being a victim start to wain...