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Signaling virtuous victimhood as indicators of Dark Triad personalities
Ekin Ok 1, Yi Qian 1, Brendan Strejcek 1, Karl Aquino 1
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PMID: 32614222 DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000329
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32614222/
Abstract
We investigate the consequences and predictors of emitting signals of victimhood and virtue. In our first three studies, we show that the virtuous victim signal can facilitate nonreciprocal resource transfer from others to the signaler. Next, we develop and validate a victim signaling scale that we combine with an established measure of virtue signaling to operationalize the virtuous victim construct. We show that individuals with Dark Triad traits-Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy-more frequently signal virtuous victimhood, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables that are commonly associated with victimization in Western societies. In Study 5, we show that a specific dimension of Machiavellianism-amoral manipulation-and a form of narcissism that reflects a person's belief in their superior prosociality predict more frequent virtuous victim signaling. Studies 3, 4, and 6 test our hypothesis that the frequency of emitting virtuous victim signal predicts a person's willingness to engage in and endorse ethically questionable behaviors, such as lying to earn a bonus, intention to purchase counterfeit products and moral judgments of counterfeiters, and making exaggerated claims about being harmed in an organizational context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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MeSH terms
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antisocial Personality Disorder / psychology*
Crime Victims / psychology*
Female
Humans
Machiavellianism*
Male
Middle Aged
Narcissism*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Grant support
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
Ekin Ok 1, Yi Qian 1, Brendan Strejcek 1, Karl Aquino 1
Affiliations expand
PMID: 32614222 DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000329
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32614222/
Abstract
We investigate the consequences and predictors of emitting signals of victimhood and virtue. In our first three studies, we show that the virtuous victim signal can facilitate nonreciprocal resource transfer from others to the signaler. Next, we develop and validate a victim signaling scale that we combine with an established measure of virtue signaling to operationalize the virtuous victim construct. We show that individuals with Dark Triad traits-Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy-more frequently signal virtuous victimhood, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables that are commonly associated with victimization in Western societies. In Study 5, we show that a specific dimension of Machiavellianism-amoral manipulation-and a form of narcissism that reflects a person's belief in their superior prosociality predict more frequent virtuous victim signaling. Studies 3, 4, and 6 test our hypothesis that the frequency of emitting virtuous victim signal predicts a person's willingness to engage in and endorse ethically questionable behaviors, such as lying to earn a bonus, intention to purchase counterfeit products and moral judgments of counterfeiters, and making exaggerated claims about being harmed in an organizational context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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