Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic, Personality and Geriatric Population: Proposed Pragmatism
Author(s) -
Souvik Dubey,
Samya Sengupta,
Ritwik Ghosh,
Mahua Jana Dubey,
Subham Chatterjee,
Gautam Das,
Dipayan Roy,
Biman Kanti Ray,
Julián BenitoLeón
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of patient experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-3743
pISSN - 2374-3735
DOI - 10.1177/23743735211059051
Subject(s) - pandemic , psychology , dark triad , population , psychopathy , neuroticism , personality , social psychology , environmental ethics , sociology , covid-19 , medicine , demography , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The elderly population is a sensitive and delicate cohort of society who is being compelled to bear the significant smoulders of disruptive social behavior of humankind amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim for this review was (1) to find out the root of disruption of societal integrity and self-centeredness by analyzing the spokes of HEXACO; (2) to delineate their possible relationships with the formation of Neuroticism and eventually Psychopathy, which have endangered human civilization the most in this pandemic; and (3) to search for the potential ways to get rid of these dark times. The constellation of different negative human behaviors probably originate from the negative deflection of components of the HEXACO model of personality towards the genesis of the dark triad. COVID-19 pandemic and upsurge of the dark triad in the form of Neuroticism, Narcissism and Machiavellianism potentially portend major mental health threats. Cultivation and practice of positive emotions and triumph of honesty, humility and humanity are imperative to save the mankind from the savagery of this pandemic.