[They] use disciplined rule-following and punitive authoritarian beliefs as a socially acceptable way to express their hostility.
Authoritarianism acts as a psychological bridge for dark personalities, study finds
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz
https://www.psypost.org/how-strict-authoritarian-beliefs-help-mask-dark-personality-traits/
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rimu@piefed.social@piefed.social 3 weeks ago UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
authoritarianism
More an invective than a material critique. You never seem to see a party or governor critique authoritarianism when they’re in power.
At best, you get a Reagan-esque figure mouthing Ayn Rand libertarianism while doing Christian Fascism via espionage and private back channels.
misk@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Both personality traits and political views in this study were self reported. Intuition seems right but that’s not a great way to measure it.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Its psypost they are a fucking trash blog spreading confirmation bias and misinformation because they always bury the important details like sample size, population characteristics, methodology, meanwhile their entire post reads like its been proven by science to the layman.
Most often its something like n=50, population: students in Huebei province China, method: online survey…
Headline: Men are more dominant and possessive while women are more caring and promote freedom of choice, study finds!!!
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago Water is wet, more at seven
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
or its the other way around, dark personality/mental illnes is a bridge to being far right.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
Maybe we should talk about “defective personalities” or “weak personalities” or “malformed personalities” or something else that sounds less cool to some people than “dark personalities.”
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
‘Power Tripping Bastard/Bitch’
‘Fascist Personality Disorder’
‘Manipulative Egomaniacal Bully’
‘Malignant Sociopath’
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Sounds like my kind of anarcho punk band.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe we should just trust the psychology community to decide what terminology they use and not act like we know better. If anything, some psychologists consider the current terminology too stigmatizing to the point of being counterproductive.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
Okay but it says:
And this is exactly what I’m advocating for, even if I’m approaching from another angle.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This is a dangerous path to go down.