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There's a paper that was presented at an American Psychology Association conference on the media contagion effect. I think this might actually be the original s
by bogomipz 4y ago
There's a paper that was presented at an American Psychology Association conference on the media contagion effect. I think this might actually be the original study. It mentions "Profiles of shooters indicate that they are often socially isolated and suffer a pattern of ostracization or bullying, yet they tend toward narcissism."[1] It also mentions that these three traits - depression, social isolation and pathological narcissism are largely intertwined.
[1] https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/08/media-contagion-effect.pdf https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/08/media-contag...
- prawn 4y agoI'd say there are a number of angles from which to tackle the gun violence problem, but this would surely be one of them. Plus, worth dealing with independent of guns anyway. I wonder if there are links (including inverse relationships) between depression/isolation and classroom sizes or intensity of curriculum or single-sex schools. High school puts hormonal teenagers in a competitive environment every week day for hours; not everyone will cope well with that crucible. Is there a stronger element of the individual and individual glory/success/achievement in the US than other countries that might explain the narcissism?