New Study Links Sociopathic Behavior To Those Who Don’t Social Distance Nor Wear Masks
A new study has been published linking sociopathic behavior to those who don’t social distance nor wear masks. While 34 states in the U.S. have required residents to wear face coverings in public areas, we’ve continued to hear about horror stories of brawls and even deaths over anti-maskers’ refusal to cooperate.
Now, a recent study via Brazil’s State University of Londrina explains why some people are against wearing masks. Researchers say those anti-maskers showed they suffered from antisocial personality disorder (also called dissocial personality, psychopathic personality, and sociopathic personality) or had “antisocial traits,” which include low levels of empathy and high levels of callousness and risk-taking.
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Researchers, who surveyed over 1,5000 adults for 15 weeks during the pandemic (from March 21 to June 29), say, “These traits explain, at least partially, the reason why people continue not adhering to the containment measures even with the increasing numbers of cases and deaths.” Professor Fabiano Koich Miguel, one of the researchers, adds, “Our findings indicated that antisocial traits, especially lower levels of empathy and higher levels of callousness, deceitfulness, and risk-taking, are directly associated with lower compliance with containment measures.”
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