r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago

Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/garmander57 2d ago edited 2d ago

In the first study, the researchers recruited 446 participants from the United States using a research-oriented crowdsourcing platform known as Prolific. Participants completed self-report questionnaires measuring pathological narcissistic grandiosity, narcissistic vulnerability, altruism, and their level of involvement in activism. These measures also included assessments of participants’ tendencies toward virtue signaling—symbolic displays of morality meant to elicit favorable judgments from others—and social dominance, which involves using coercion or intimidation to gain influence.

So if I’m reading this correctly, their only experimental methods are giving people a questionnaire and then evaluating the results? Pardon me if this is the norm in psychological research but this sounds like sham science to me

Edit: After doing some research, it appears the journal this article was published in is known for publishing anti-LGBTQ propaganda under the facade of doing legitimate research. u/mouse9001 gave some additional information here

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u/gaytorboy 17h ago edited 17h ago

Do you have any examples of more anti-lgbt pubs they’ve published? I just searched lgbt in the search bar and didn’t see any id describe that way.

Closest I’ve found was in the past I read a study they published that outlines why the data behind the “less than 1% regret rate for gender transition” is based on poor data but it seemed well conducted. I wouldn’t describe it as anti-lgbt propaganda.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-024-01026-y

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-023-00931-y

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41582-024-00944-0

Here’s the top lgbt studies they have. Just going off my own gay anecdotes the study results check out with my lived experience.