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According to new research, people who are short and unhappy with their height are more likely to ‘become psychopaths’.
A study into the Napoleon Complex, also known as Small Man Syndrome, found that short individuals are more likely to exhibit the ‘Dark Triad’ personality traits.
The research was published in the Personality and Individual Differences journal and reportedly found that short people who envy those taller than them are more likely to show antagonistic behaviours to offset height disadvantages.
The dark triad are psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism, which are associated with a lack of remorse, inflated senses of self-importance and manipulative tendencies.
Researchers recruited 367 people from the USA using Amazon’s crowdsourcing website ‘Mechanical Trunk’ and asked participants to complete the Dirty Dozen Dark Triad questionnaire.
The questionnaire observed the participants rank how strongly they agreed with statements like ‘I tend to manipulate’ or ‘I tend to be callous or insensitive’. Researchers then asked participants to record their actual height and how much they agreed with statements like ‘I wish I were taller.’
The study found a correlation between people who were unsatisfied with their height and the three Dark Triad traits. As per reasons behind this, the study found that people who cannot exhibit physical formidability would do so psychologically.
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