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Marinthe G, Cislak A, Stronge S, Biddlestone M, Azevedo F, Kasper A, Sibley CG, Cichocka A. Yes, we can (but for different reasons): Collective narcissism is linked to different values but similar pro-ingroup collective action tendencies among disadvantaged and advantaged ethnic groups. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39078089 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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Collective narcissism, a belief that one's group is exceptional and entitled to special treatment but underappreciated by others, is related to important social and political outcomes but has been predominantly studied in advantaged groups. The present research compares the motivational correlates (through values) of collective narcissism in ethnic groups of different status (advantaged and disadvantaged) and explores its associations with attitudes towards, and intention to engage in collective action. Three studies examined these processes in different national and intergroup contexts (total N = 16,275). Overall, ethnic collective narcissism was linked to self-protective values (power, and less consistently, conservation) in advantaged groups but to universalism in disadvantaged groups. Moreover, in both advantaged and disadvantaged groups, ethnic collective narcissism was related to more positive attitudes towards, and intentions of pro-ingroup actions but not to attitudes towards (other) disadvantaged groups (i.e., intergroup solidarity). These studies suggest that collective narcissism may be associated with different motivations, yet linked to similar intergroup attitudes among advantaged and disadvantaged groups.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gaëlle Marinthe
- Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
- Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale, University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France
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- Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Social Studies, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie: Cognition, Comportement, Communication, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Qin Y, Cheng L, Li Z, Zhu X, Wang F. Teach them how to fish or give them fish? The effect of collective narcissism on intergroup help. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38822694 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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Intergroup help contributes to the solution of global issues in particular. However, whether to teach an outgroup how to address their problem permanently, or to directly help them solve the current problem? Collective narcissism might play a crucial role in this process. Based on the core characteristics of collective narcissism, this research explored whether and how collective narcissism would affect people's willingness to give different types of intergroup help. Study 1 examined the correlation between collective narcissism and intergroup help. Studies 2 and 3 investigated the impacts of outgroup threat and ingroup image on the relationship between collective narcissism and intergroup help respectively. In Study 4, the interaction between outgroup threat and ingroup image was further examined. The results showed that collective narcissism reduced participants' willingness to offer intergroup help, especially autonomy-oriented help. For low-threat outgroups, collective narcissism increased participants' willingness to give dependency-oriented help. In contrast, collective narcissism increased participants' willingness to give autonomy-oriented help when refusal to intergroup help tarnished the ingroup image. For high-threat outgroups, collective narcissism did not predict participants' willingness to give intergroup help. These findings suggest that collective narcissists' preferences for intergroup help change with outgroup threat and ingroup image.
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- Yi Qin
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Abou-Ismail R, Gronfeldt B, Konur T, Cichocka A, Phillips J, Sengupta NK. Double trouble: How sectarian and national narcissism relate differently to collective violence beliefs in Lebanon. Aggress Behav 2023; 49:669-678. [PMID: 37531468 DOI: 10.1002/ab.22104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Collective narcissism is a belief in ingroup greatness which is contingent on external validation. A lack of research on collective narcissism amongst non-Western contexts and minority groups remains a challenge for the field. However, here we test two types of collective narcissism (sectarian and national) as differential predictors of two dimensions of collective violence beliefs (against outgroup members and leaders) in a large, diverse, community sample from Lebanon (N = 778). We found that sectarian narcissism (narcissism related to smaller political and religious ingroup identity) predicted support for collective violence against members of different sects, while national narcissism predicted opposition to such collective violence. Neither form of collective narcissism had any significant relationship with collective violence against outgroup leaders. We controlled for both sectarian and national identification and found no significant effects in predicting either one of the two dimensions of collective violence beliefs. In this non-Western context, in which a coherent national identity is undermined by sectarianism, national narcissism seems to be a progressive motivator for unity and social change, while sectarian narcissism is rather associated with extreme attitudes, such as support for collective violence.
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- Ramzi Abou-Ismail
- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Molenda Z, Marchlewska M, Rogoza M, Szczepańska D. Shake it off! Adaptive coping with stress reduces national narcissism. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 62:1856-1874. [PMID: 37288809 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Examining the role of coping with stress strategies in shaping national narcissism, we proposed that this type of defensive national commitment (stemming from psychological shortcomings) should be lowered by adaptive coping strategies. In Study 1 (longitudinal, N = 603), we found that higher adaptive (i.e. self-sufficient) coping attenuated national narcissism. In Study 2 (experimental, N = 337), the priming of adaptive coping significantly decreased national narcissism. We also demonstrated the indirect effects of the induced adaptive coping strategy on conspiracy beliefs via national narcissism. These findings suggest that using adaptive coping strategies (either dispositional or situationally induced) may attenuate national narcissism. We discuss the role of coping with stress in shaping group-level phenomena.
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- Zuzanna Molenda
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland
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Choi B, Kweon Y. Generosity during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of collective narcissism. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 2023; 114:102914. [PMID: 37597927 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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This study analyzes how a novel psychological factor-collective narcissism-affects giving behavior to national and international charities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that collective narcissists tended to keep more resources for themselves or national charities while giving less to international charities. In line with the group threat theory, this tendency is more pronounced in countries with a high share of foreign population. Our findings suggest that the shared experience of the global COVID-19 public health crisis did not blur the boundaries between ingroups and outgroups for collective narcissists. These results imply that mitigating outgroup hostility associated with collective narcissism is critical to strengthening cross-national solidarity during unprecedented crises. However, more contact with foreign nationals might not reduce the negative impact of collective narcissism.
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- ByeongHwa Choi
- Department of International Trade, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Główczewski M, Wojcik AD, Cichocka A, Cislak A. “‘Cause We Are the Champions of the World”. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Abstract. National narcissism is a defensive form of group identity that is contingent on external validation and involves unrealistic belief in the nation’s greatness. Those high in national narcissism are susceptible to ingroup-enhancing narratives. In two pre-registered studies, conducted in Poland ( N = 1,134) and the United Kingdom ( N = 501), we hypothesized and found that national narcissism predicts support for historical policies that emphasize the great achievements and past dominance of one’s own group. Furthermore, we found that the relationship between national narcissism and support for ingroup-enhancing historical policies can be accounted for by the perceived contribution of one’s own country to the world’s history. We discuss implications for research on collective narcissism and historical policies.
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- Michał Główczewski
- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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Biddlestone M, Cichocka A, Główczewski M, Cislak A. Their own worst enemy? Collective narcissists are willing to conspire against their in-group. Br J Psychol 2022; 113:894-916. [PMID: 35523725 PMCID: PMC9790724 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Collective narcissism - a belief in in-group greatness that is not appreciated by others - is associated with using one's group for personal benefits. Across one pilot and four studies, we demonstrated that collective narcissism predicts readiness to conspire against in-group members (rmeta-analysis = .24). In Study 1, conducted in Poland (N = 361), collective narcissism measured in the context of national identity predicted readiness to engage in secret surveillance against one's own country's citizens. In Study 2 (N = 174; pre-registered), collective narcissism in UK workplace teams predicted intentions to engage in conspiracies against co-workers. In Study 3 (N = 471; pre-registered), US national narcissism predicted intentions to conspire against fellow citizens. Furthermore, conspiracy intentions accounted for the relationship between collective narcissism and beliefs in conspiracy theories about the in-group. Finally, in Study 4 (N = 1064; pre-registered), we corroborated the link between Polish national narcissism and conspiracy intentions against fellow citizens, further showing that these intentions were only directed towards group members that were perceived as moderately or strongly typical of the national in-group (but not when perceived in-group typicality was low). In-group identification was either negatively related (Studies 1 and 2) or unrelated (Studies 3 and 4) to conspiracy intentions (rmeta-analysis = .04). We discuss implications for research on conspiracy theories and populism.
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- Institute of PsychologyNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńToruńPoland
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- Institute of PsychologySWPS University of Social Sciences and HumanitiesWarszawaPoland
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Marinthe G, Cichocka A, Cislak A, Alexander‐Grose N, Azevedo F. Understanding identity processes in support for reactionary and progressive social movements among advantaged and disadvantaged groups: The role of collective narcissism and secure ingroup identity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Gaëlle Marinthe
- Department of Psychology SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Poland
- Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale University of Paris 8 France
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- Department of Psychology SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Poland
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