Indeed Participants 1, 4, and 6 (who had the highest ratings on symptoms focus, entitlement, and lowest on psychological insight) did not demonstrate any achievement, action, or altruism (see Table 3; Themes 9, 10, 11).
Critics might counter, however, that this account wrongly presumes that psychological attachment is sufficient to generate moral entitlement.
However, these classic high utilisers also perseverated on their vague symptoms (Theme 7), demonstrated little psychological insight (Theme 6) and/or expressed strong entitlement (Theme 4) that they should be excused from normal social obligations.
Due to narcissistic traits and tendencies to overvalue personal worth, non compliant patients display a sense of grandiosity and entitlement which distort the genuine perception of personal needs and that of their psychological states.
Where financial incentives for breastfeeding were viewed as unacceptable, five main themes were identified: Theme 1) Children are a lifestyle choice; Theme 2) Financial incentives for breastfeeding are discriminatory and divisive; Theme 3) Creating a culture of entitlement; Theme 4) Financial incentives for breastfeeding are personally insulting; and Theme 5) Psychological impact on recipients.
A privately educated person might be a psychological wreck or a scoundrel, but they still tend to approach the world with a sense of entitlement and possibility which means they simply expect to be taken seriously and given opportunities.
If belief is not merely a psychological condition, whose contrary is doubt, but has a normative dimension in its role in knowledge, like entitlement to believe, there will be a close tie between conditions that undermine the entitlement and conditions that undermine one's epistemic position to know.
This is an entitlement mentality — not everyone gets to own a home, let alone two or three — but the psychological loss is no less real.
