The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences

Gabay, Rahav; Hameiri, Boaz; Rubel-Lifschitz, Tammy; Nadler, Arie

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110134

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“…Victimhood fundamentally affects emotions, cognitions, and behaviors (Gabay et al, 2020b). Particularly relevant to this research, Gabay et al (2020b) found that individuals with high levels of trait victimhood were more likely to interpret ambiguous situations as threatening through a black-and-white prism (Gabay et al, 2020b; see also Schori-Eyal et al, 2017). We argue that this recently introduced personality trait may offer a simple, yet powerful, measure of individual differences when facing hardships and misfortunes.…”

Section: Victimhood and Dealing With Life's Misfortunesmentioning

confidence: 73%

“…generalized across many relationships, such that victimization becomes a central part of the individual's identity..." (Gabay et al, 2020a, p. 361). Victimhood fundamentally affects emotions, cognitions, and behaviors (Gabay et al, 2020b). Particularly relevant to this research, Gabay et al (2020b) found that individuals with high levels of trait victimhood were more likely to interpret ambiguous situations as threatening through a black-and-white prism (Gabay et al, 2020b; see also Schori-Eyal et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 80%

“…We used the NFS scale to assess mental rigidity, since it has a short, validated, 11-item Hebrew version (Bar-Tal et al, 1997; α = 0.82). The Trait victimhood scale used an abridged version, consisting of nine statements (α = 0.82), of the scale developed by Gabay et al (2020b). COVID fear was assessed by five statements, two of which (i.e., "I am very worried about being infected or infecting others that are close to me" and "I am afraid of corona disease") were adapted from a fear of cancer scale (Vrinten et al, 2015).…”

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“…To summarize, the current research focuses on the relationship between mental rigidity, operationalized using the Need for Structure (NFS) scale, and trait victimhood, and adherence to COVID-19 health guidelines. This is based on previous research showing that mentally rigid individuals tend to be more fearful (Webster and Kruglanski, 1994), and that high trait victimhood individuals tend to mistrust others (Gabay et al, 2020b), which may also increase fear in the context of a pandemic. We hypothesized that mental rigidity and trait victimhood would be positively related to COVID-19 guideline adherence, and that fear would mediate these associations.…”

Section: Self-efficacy and Adherence To Medical Instructionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

2020

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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have issued several guidelines to curb the pandemic's disastrous effects. However, measures' effectiveness is dependent upon people's adherence to them. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the potential factors that explain guideline adherence. In the present brief research report, we investigated need for structure and trait victimhood, i.e., the tendency to feel like a victim, and their effect on fear of the pandemic, which in turn, predicted guideline adherence. Furthermore, the association between fear and guideline adherence was shaped by participants' global self-efficacy: higher levels of self-efficacy predicted more guideline adherence regardless of fear levels. The present findings may be relevant to health messaging endeavors aiming to improve compliance with guidelines.

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“…Gabay et al. ( 2020 ) measure interpersonal victimhood as a construction of other personality traits.…”

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‘Why Me?’ The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics

Armaly

Enders

2021

Polit Behav

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Despite growing recognition among journalists and political pundits, the concept of victimhood has been largely ignored in empirical social science research. In this article, we develop a theory about, and use unique nationally-representative survey data to estimate, two manifestations of victimhood: an egocentric one entailing only perceptions of one's own victimhood, and one focused on blaming "the system." We find that these manifestations of victimhood cut across partisan, ideological, and sociodemographic lines, suggesting that feelings of victimhood are confined to neither "actual" victims nor those partisans on the losing side of elections. Moreover, both manifestations of victimhood, while related to candidate support and various racial attitudes, prove to be distinct from related psychological constructs, such as (collective) narcissism, system justification, and relative deprivation. Finally, an experiment based on candidate rhetoric demonstrates that some political messaging can make supporters feel like victims, which has consequences for subsequent attitudes and behavior.

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Villainy of Victimhood

Clark

2023

Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies

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The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences

Cited by 37 publications

References 39 publications

Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

‘Why Me?’ The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics

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