Research
New study finds vulnerable narcissism is linked to harsher judgments of police stops, even polite ones
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A new experiment published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology finds that people higher in vulnerable narcissism tend to judge police stops more harshly.
- The reported link holds even when the officer behaves politely.
Why it matters
It suggests that how people judge police encounters depends partly on the personality traits they bring, not only on officer conduct, which matters for research on police-public interactions.
Who’s affected
- criminology and policing researchers
- psychologists studying personality and perceptions of authority
- #vulnerable narcissism
- #police stops
- #criminology
- #personality psychology
- #experimental research
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