Specialists of the psychology section of the Department of Medical Sciences of the University of Florence have identified the most psychologically resistant type of people to the coronavirus pandemic. The article was published on the Science Direct website.
According to the Izvestia newspaper, scientists conducted a survey to identify the relationship between psychopathy and well-being in quarantine. Respondents completed a questionnaire to measure psychopathic personality traits and their perception of risk of infection, after which their level of well-being during isolation was analyzed. A total of 619 people participated in the sample, whose average age was 31.3 years.
According to the results of the study, it turned out that those who are characterized by recklessness, arrogance and a tendency to meanness turned out to be the most resistant to the pandemic. These people experienced lower stress levels during isolation. At the same time, the respondents with an unstable psyche (disinhibition is attributed to them in the study) and mood swings felt worse.
Maria Bogdanova, Associate Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology of Tyumen State University, explained that negative character traits can be “beneficial” in crisis situations with a shortage of resources. “Insolence, willingness to take risks and low empathy help us to appropriate these resources for ourselves, and not share with others,” she explained.
