A study , also published by Personality and Individual Differences - an acclaimed academic journal, founded in 1980, which acts as the official journal of the scientific community for the Study of Individual Differences - has defined a new personality construct that describes people of who persistently see themselves as victims within conflicts with other people.
The study, entitled "Tendencies for Interpersonal Victims: Personality Building and Consequences" by Rahav Gabay, Boaz Hameiri, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz and Arie Nadler, describes that the victim approach is a personality construct that influences the way these people give meaning to the world around.
Researchers refer to this approach as the "tendency for interpersonal victim" (TIV), which they define as "the constant feeling of being a victim, which is generalized to many types of relationships."
They suggest that TIV should be seen as a construct that provides a framework for understanding and interpreting an individual’s feelings and behaviors. In addition, they point out that this type of personality trait can lead to retaliatory behavior, according to their observations.
The authors suggest that it would be very interesting to research what happens when people with high TIV are in positions of power.
