Hyperthyroidism as a predictor of malignant narcissism?

[buzzycrumbhunger]

So… it’d be interesting to see the labs on the orange shitgibbon. Overwhelmingly hyperthyroid, I’m guessing, bolstered by a lifetime of weird family dynamics and a cultivated sense of self importance. 🤔

The general insanity and worsening dementia is probably just the icing on the cake.

https://www.psypost.org/surprising-link-found-between-hyperthyroidism-and-dark-personality-traits/

[CharleyDog]

1. let's not shame ppl for their diseases. nt

[buzzycrumbhunger]

2. I don't think it's shaming

It’s pointing to a possible connection between body chemistry and the physical consequences of same—and obviously wouldn’t apply to *everyone* with hyperthyroidism, just those predisposed to it (and undoubtedly with related psychological factors to bolster the extreme end of the spectrum).

[hlthe2b]

3. Sample size 154, including 140 women and 14 men (!), 18 to 64 years. Analyzed on SELF-REPORTED medical status (eyeroll)

The researchers recruited 154 adult participants through online communities. The recruitment process targeted specific health-related support groups to find individuals with diagnosed thyroid issues. The final sample consisted of 140 women and 14 men, with an age range of 18 to 64 years.

Participants were categorized into three distinct groups based on their self-reported medical status. The first group included 49 individuals with hyperthyroidism. The second group consisted of 52 individuals with hypothyroidism. The third group served as a comparison and included 53 individuals who reported no history of thyroid disorders.

So, zero validation of medical status. Numbers so small to prevent any ability to do any kind of control in the analysis for confounding variables or subgroup, age-group (even gender-specific) analysis and the outcome measurement is SELF_REPORTED?

Shit study through and through. Even my undergrad students would have been able to destroy this one in their study reviews.

Sorry to the OP, but this study is NOT a study, but an exercise in hypothesis-generation. That might be fine, if it were published as such with a discussion that details the extreme limitations that would invalidate any correlation assumptions and indicated that it was going to be followed up with a much larger epidemiologically valid method study. Psychology studies that do not enlist clinically trained medical epidemiologists skilled in such studies are just asking for problems.