We encounter difficult personalities in professional life.
Recognizing these is not easy.
A study aims to identify them based on bushy eyebrows.
It is not an easy task to correctly assess people in an interview * right away.
Often it is only later that it becomes apparent which personality you are really dealing with.
A study claims to have found that the
eyebrows can be used to infer a lot about the personality
- and whether there may even be a personality disorder.
Bushy eyebrows as a sign of narcissism?
Although people with a
narcissistic personality disorder
usually appear charming and warm at first, those around them soon experience the negative behaviors.
Previous research has shown that many people can judge other people's narcissism by their looks.
However, the study “Eyebrows cue grandiose narcissism” by Miranda Giacomin and Nicholas O. Rule claims to have found that narcissism can be inferred from the fullness and texture of the eyebrows.
The study was published in April 2018 in the scientific journal "Journal of Personality".
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"For example, some people may appear friendly and sociable at first, but then become hostile, uncomfortable, and defensive," the study says. Recognizing "dark" personality tendencies that would sometimes lie behind a charismatic demeanor could make it possible to identify such
toxic individuals to avoid
.
Facial features are crucial when assessing narcissism
Recognizing these "dark" personality traits directly in the job interview is therefore particularly important.
This is the only way to ensure a pleasant working environment by avoiding exploitation and manipulation.
The
increasing prevalence of narcissism underscores this assessment
.
According to the study, people can accurately judge the narcissism of others.
This depends on various factors, such as how they behave, what they say, and how they dress.
And also how their faces are made, especially the eyebrows.
For the study, the researchers initially took photos with neutral facial expressions of 39 students at the University of Toronto.
The 39 subjects then took a standardized personality test for narcissism.
This should classify on which scale of narcissistic traits they were to be classified.
They were asked for their consent to certain statements -
views a narcissist would hold
- such as:
“If I ruled the world, it would be a better place” or
"I find it easy to manipulate people"
Next, the researchers had 28 other volunteers view the photos and rate the people depicted on them on a scale from one (not at all narcissistic) to eight (extremely narcissistic).
"We essentially carried out a long
series of experiments
in which we kept narrowing the facial features until we
isolated
the
eyebrows as the primary indicator of people's narcissism
," Giacomin said in an interview with the Business Insider portal.
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Narcissism: What Are the Characteristics of Personality Disorder?
Typical characteristics of
narcissistic personality disorder
are:
Narcissists have an exaggerated need for recognition.
Success, power and beauty are very important.
They often take advantage of other people to get to their destination.
You have an image of perfect love in mind.
Narcissists believe they are unique and only particularly respected people can understand them.
Admiration is very important to them, but at the same time they often envy others.
Narcissists have little empathy and are often arrogant and arrogant.
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