Psychological entitlement correlates with locus of control and other personal characteristics.

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Psychological entitlement is consistently linked in psychological research to personality correlates, attribution styles, and personal characteristics such as locus of control.

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The retrieved literature contains multiple studies investigating the correlates of psychological entitlement. Specifically, paper [6] links psychological entitlement directly with locus of control and parental variables. Papers [1] and [9] establish relationships between psychological entitlement and other personal characteristics, schemas, and personality traits. The evidence uniformly supports the claim.

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Overprotective parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas in adolescence and adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Bruysters NYF, Pilkington PD. Overprotective parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas in adolescence and adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2776

This meta-analysis demonstrates positive correlations between overprotective parenting and psychological entitlement.

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A serial mediation model reveals the association between parental over-protection and academic entitlement among nursing students.

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Peng B, Hu N, Li H, Pang B, Lv M, Wang X, Li Y. A serial mediation model reveals the association between parental over-protection and academic entitlement among nursing students.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66207-6

This study finds that external locus of control and psychological entitlement are significantly correlated and act as serial mediators for academic entitlement.

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Who tends to perceive other people as useful objects? The relationship between the general tendency to objectify other people and basic and dark personality traits.

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Lachowicz-Tabaczek K, Andrzejewska BE, Juszkiewicz A, Babiak J. Who tends to perceive other people as useful objects? The relationship between the general tendency to objectify other people and basic and dark personality traits.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp/195599

This empirical study evaluates psychological entitlement alongside basic and dark personality traits and objectification.

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judged → SUPPORTED · 8301 Aug 2026

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