Those with high narcissism less likely to follow COVID-19 mitigation strategies

People with higher levels of narcissism were less likely to follow COVID-19 mitigation strategies, such as masking and vaccination, researchers reported in Current Psychology.
Peter K. Hatemi, of Pennsylvania State University, and Zoltán Fazekas, of Copenhagen Business School, assessed the effects of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on whether people were more or less likely to wear a face mask in public or receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
They collected data in March 2021 from 1,100 U.S. adults by phone and internet through YouGov. Respondents were surveyed about mask-wearing, vaccination

People with higher levels of narcissism were less likely to follow COVID-19 mitigation strategies, such as masking and vaccination, researchers reported in Current Psychology.
Peter K. Hatemi, of Pennsylvania State University, and Zoltán Fazekas, of Copenhagen Business School, assessed the effects of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on whether people were more or less likely to wear a face mask in public or receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
They collected data in March 2021 from 1,100 U.S. adults by phone and internet through YouGov. Respondents were surveyed about mask-wearing, vaccination