{"id":127329,"date":"2025-05-24T06:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/127329\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T06:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:49:16","slug":"the-phone-habit-that-helps-you-instantly-spot-a-narcissist-according-to-psychologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/127329\/","title":{"rendered":"The phone habit that helps you instantly spot a narcissist, according to psychologist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psychologists have warned excessive use of social sites like Instagram and TikTok<\/a> is a tell-tale sign that someone is a narcissist.<\/p>\n

The unpleasant personality trait is characterised as a tendency to be self-centred, have a grandiose sense of self, lack of empathy and a need for admiration.<\/p>\n

Those who exhibit\u00a0narcissistic tendencies are more likely to develop mental health problems, have relationship difficulties and struggle with substance abuse, studies show.<\/p>\n

A new study has revealed an easy way to instantly tell if you\u2014or someone close to you\u2014has the dreaded tendencies; by noting if they compulsively use social networking sites and struggle to stop.<\/p>\n

These two details suggest that a person suffers with social media addiction, the researchers from\u00a0the University of Gda\u0144sk in Poland<\/a>\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scientists set out to identify links between various forms of narcissism and addiction to social networking sites.<\/p>\n

They did this by conducting two surveys with 665 people who use social media, with an eight month gap between each poll.<\/p>\n

The results showed those with certain narcissistic tendencies were more likely to be addicted to social media sites.<\/p>\n

\"Psychologists <\/p>\n

Psychologists have warned that excessive use of social networking sites is a tell-tale sign of a narcissist<\/p>\n

Some traits of narcissism, like heroism (wanting to be admired), rivalry (competing with others), and admiration (seeking praise), were found to be consistent in those with social media addiction.<\/p>\n

However, others, like enmity (being angry at others) and isolation (being distant), were found to be more present with increased usage, suggesting these behaviours are a side effect of addiction.<\/p>\n

The link is thought to lie in the fact narcissistics tend to be obsessed with their image, and many social sites are focused on how other people see you.<\/p>\n

The researchers flagged wider risks of social media addiction, including little real-life social engagement, sleep disturbances, and troubles with academic or job performance.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of the disorder include compulsive checking, an inability to cut back despite negative consequences and emotional dependence on online interactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is most common in people with low self-esteem, loneliness, and fear of missing out, the scientists wrote in the Journal of Research in Personality.<\/p>\n

In the study, the researchers examined six types of narcissism: admiration, rivalry, enmity, isolation, heroism, and sanctity.<\/p>\n

They found that all forms of narcissism except sanctity (self-promotion) were associated to social media addiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Patrick <\/p>\n

Patrick Bateman from the 1991 thriller novel American Psycho is considered to be a narcissist as he exhibits traits like an inflated sense of self, a constant need for admiration and a lack of empathy. Above, the character played by Christian Bale in the 2000 film adaption<\/p>\n

Almost half of British teenagers say they feel addicted to social media and around one in eight adults\u00a0suffer from a form of behavioural addiction, including excessive use of the internet, according to 2024 research by University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that around 1 in 20 people in the UK have a diagnosis of the mental disorder narcissistic personality disorder, but the number of those who display narcissistic traits remains unknown.<\/p>\n

Narcissists can be\u00a0can be manipulative, controlling, volatile and emotionally abusive, and they may withhold love and compassion from their partners or children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Research published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology also\u00a0found eating meat was a tell-tale sign linked to the personality disorder\u2014particularly if the person provides a ‘hierarchical justification’ like ‘humans are at the top of the food chain.’<\/p>\n

The scientists theorised that narcissists’ preference for meat stemmed from ‘Dark Triad’ personality traits ‘associated with more negative attitudes toward animals.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Psychologists have warned excessive use of social sites like Instagram and TikTok is a tell-tale sign that someone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[276,92,105,459,218,770,449,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-127329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-cambridge","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-instagram","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-poland","14":"tag-tiktok","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114561480647345329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}