The study strengthens the thesis of a Portuguese-Brazilian neuroscientist. Understand what narcissism is and when it becomes a disorder
Selfies have become very common in our daily life. So much so that today it’s even difficult to find someone who isn’t used to taking a picture with their cell phone. With friends, family or to share a special moment. However, a recent study published in the scientific journal The Open Psychology suggests that posting selfies too often is indicative of narcissism.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Milan and Swansea University, analyzed the personalities of 74 participants aged between 18 and 34 years. The analysis lasted four months.
They observed the group’s use of social networks. The conclusion showed that those who used the networks for visual posts showed approximately 25% more narcissistic traits. Incidentally, some of the participants showed signs of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
The results also showed that users of primarily verbal social networks, such as Twitter, for example, did not show the same signs.
The study strengthens the thesis of the Portuguese-Brazilian neuroscientist
The study findings help strengthen the perspective advocated by Post PhD in neuroscience, Dr. Fabiano de Abreu Agrela. The specialist described the thesis in his article “Circuito da incoherência: Brazilian society suffers from dramatic personality disorders”, published in the journal Cognitionis.
“Exacerbated pride, extreme vanity, lack of education, lack of compassion, need for fame without discussion and consistency, investment in buying likes and followers on social networks with ‘false popularity’, exhibitionism, ostentation, inconsistency in discussions and arrogance. All of these are behaviors derived from pathological narcissism and the need to pursue happiness as if it were ever more unattainable”, underlines the researcher and neuroscientist.
“In our society, determined by social, technological, temporal, educational culture, among others, we are experiencing the phase of dramatic personalities. Histrionic, narcissistic, borderline, antisocial and borderline, are some of them. Deficits in attention functions, memory, language, abstraction, behavior planning/sequencing, and neurocognitive performance are increasingly common in practices,” the study states.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a psychological disorder. It is characterized by an inflated and grandiose view of oneself, a lack of empathy for others, and a constant quest for attention and admiration. Individuals with TPN often believe they are superior to others and may exhibit arrogant, selfish, and manipulative behaviors. They may have difficulty recognizing the needs and emotions of others and may have problematic interpersonal relationships.
NPD can be caused by genetics and environmental factors, including childhood trauma, its treatment usually involves psychotherapy, although it can often be difficult to get someone narcissistic to seek help and make them understand that they have the disorder.
Source: Terra
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