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December 14, 2020 When sociologists detailed the rise of “victimhood culture” several years ago, they were vilified for triggering the people most likely to see victimization in everything. Now researchers at American and Israeli universities claim to have identified perpetual victimhood as a “novel personality trait” that they refer to as “Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood.” Writing in Personality and Individual Differences, they say the trait is marked by “an enduring feeling that the self is a victim across different kinds of interpersonal relationships.” The find...

  Here’s some news: As it turns out, there’s a bunch of people in the world who think of themselves as victims. Even though they aren’t. If you own a TV, you may have come to such a conclusion multiple times a day. But now it’s been declared by people you can always trust: researchers. Personality and Individual Differences reveals a newly-defined type. Wanna see if you qualify? On a scale from 1 to 5, rate your level of agreement with the following: It is important to me that people who hurt me acknowledge that an injustice has been done to me.

UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:01 am ET Reply Todd Shackelford Todd Shackelford, distinguished professor and chair of Oakland University's Department of Psychology, is editor of the newly published SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. This comprehensive, up-to-date reference text provides a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field. The book consists of three volumes: Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, Integration of Evolutionary Psychology with Other Disciplines, and Applications of Evolutionary Psychology. The three-volume set features over 7...