Results: "STAR LIGHT"
FROM SUBTLE HINTS TO MAJOR DRAMA, PEOPLE HAVE CREATIVE WAYS OF SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT. IN THIS POLL WE SHALL EXPLORE HOW OFTEN SOME PEOPLE MAY ENCOUNTER THIS BEHAVIOR AND TO WHAT EXTENT SOME PEOPLE MAY GO TO GET ATTENTION.
***PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS POLL TOUCHES ON A SENSITIVE SUBJECT MATTER. PERSONAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED, WITH THIS IN MIND THE N/A OPTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.***
1.
1.
HAVE YOU EVER MET ANYONE WHO MUST ALWAYS BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION? YES, I KNOW SOMEONE
40%
•
393 votes
YES, I KNOW A FEW
35%
•
340 votes
NO, NEVER
9%
•
90 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
16%
•
161 votes
2.
2.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE MAY SEEK ATTENTION? SHARING PERSONAL DRAMA ONLINE
6%
•
62 votes
BEING LOUD/VENTING IN PUBLIC
10%
•
95 votes
BY FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS
4%
•
42 votes
CONSTANTLY BRAGGING ABOUT THEMSELVES
14%
•
133 votes
ALL OF THE ABOVE
48%
•
475 votes
I WILL SHARE IN THE COMMENTS
1%
•
8 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
17%
•
169 votes
3.
3.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN GO TO EXTREMES TO SEEK ATTENTION? YES, I BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE WOULD
63%
•
618 votes
NO, WHY WOULD THEY?
5%
•
45 votes
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
16%
•
153 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
17%
•
168 votes
4.
4.
FROM THE LIST BELOW, HOW MANY EXTREME ATTENTION SEEKING BEHAVIORS HAVE YOU HEARD OF? (PLEASE SELECT ALL THAT APPLY) MUNCHAUSSEN SYNDROME (FAKING ONE'S OWN ILLNESS)
47%
•
464 votes
MUNCHAUSSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY (MAKING BABIES/CHILDREN/ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS SICK FOR ATTENTION)
42%
•
418 votes
SELF-HARM/DANGEROUS STUNTS
40%
•
398 votes
FABRICATING MASSIVE LIES/FALSE ACCUSATIONS
52%
•
508 votes
REPETITIVE PUBLIC MELTDOWNS/SCANDALIZING IN PUBLIC
31%
•
304 votes
NONE OF THE ABOVE
9%
•
85 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
21%
•
211 votes
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