William Lindsey Aug 9, 2025

"A new psychological study has found that people who report favorable views of Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion. The findings, based on two large surveys of U.S. adults, shed light on how personality traits relate to political beliefs, including support for Trump and conservative ideology."

~ Eric W. Dolan

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy
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https://www.psypost.org/trump-supporters-report-higher-levels-of-psychopathy-manipulativeness-callousness-and-narcissism/

Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism

Support for Donald Trump is linked to darker personality traits, including increased psychopathy and decreased empathy, new research finds. The study also connects conservative political beliefs to lower benevolence, suggesting personality may shape how people engage with politics and ideology.

PsyPost Psychology News
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Aug 9, 2025

"Conservative political ideology is associated with social dominance orientation (SDO), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), psychopathic propensities (PPs), and other malevolent dispositions, and reduced empathy."

~ Craig S. Neumann and Darlene A. Ngo

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656625000704?via%3Dihub

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Aug 9, 2025

"We examined the links between SDO, RWA, PPs and political ideology, and whether those who view Trump favorably reported higher PPs (or malevolent traits) and reduced empathy or benevolent dispositions."

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Aug 9, 2025

"The report also revealed that while both men and women showed similar patterns, the associations were stronger for men."

~ Adam Lynch

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy #men #gender #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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https://www.alternet.org/trump-supporters-maga-empathy/

Callous and manipulative: Study says 'malevolent personality traits' dominate Trump voters

PsyPost reports a new psychological study has found that people who claim favorable views of President Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion.“Our findings suggest a link between malevolent pers...

Alternet.org
Show threadGeraldo Aug 9, 2025

@wdlindsy "people who claim favorable views of President Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion".

That same behavior is observed in Bolsonaro supporters in Brazil.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey 
@mosquete I can well imagine that.
Aug 9, 2025 at 9:55pmWeb