The clinical literature on victimhood (Urlic et al., 2010) may explain how moral elitism, lack of empathy and the desire for revenge can manifest simultaneously among high-TIV individuals, and thus enable them to feel morally superior even though they exhibit aggression. According to this literature, victimhood is strongly dissociated from agency, and therefore decreases individuals' belief that they can deal with difficulties in their interpersonal relations. Victimhood is also dissociated from aggressiveness, because any resemblance between the victim and the perpetrator is experienced as threatening, as it may deny the victim potential compensation, closeness and empathy from others.