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Jamróz-Dolińska K, Sekerdej M, Rupar M, Kołeczek M. Do Good Citizens Look to the Future? The Link Between National Identification and Future Time Perspective and Their Role in Explaining Citizens' Reactions to Conflicts Between Short-Term and Long-Term National Interests. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2023:1461672231176337. [PMID: 37332235 DOI: 10.1177/01461672231176337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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When people consider what is good for their country, they might face a conflict between the country's short-term and long-term interests. We suggest that resolving this conflict depends on people's form of national identification and future time perspective. Across four studies (N = 4,274), we showed that constructive patriotism, but not conventional patriotism or glorification, was positively associated with future time perspective. Moreover, we showed that this further translated into people's responses to intertemporal conflicts. Specifically, constructive patriotism was indirectly linked to higher support for national policies with long-term advantages (despite short-term disadvantages) and lower support for national policies with long-term disadvantages (despite short-term advantages), and these links were mediated by future time perspective. Overall, our results demonstrate that distinct forms of national identification are differently linked to future time perspective. Likewise, this helps explain differences in how much people care about their country's present and future.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Kraków, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Kraków, Poland
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Kraków, Poland
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Sekerdej M, Rupar M, Jamróz-Dolińska K, Kołeczek M. Greater expectations or less sugar-coating? Perceptual underpinnings of constructive patriotism. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 36810780 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12634] [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: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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In order to clarify the perceptual underpinnings of critical national attachment, we examined the links between constructive (critical) and conventional patriotism, and evaluations of the actual and ideal representations of the country. Across four studies conducted on US and Polish samples (total N = 3457), perception of a discrepancy between the actual and the ideal representations of the country was positively linked to constructive but negatively to conventional patriotism. Moreover, constructive patriotism was linked positively and conventional patriotism negatively with being critical of the actual functioning of the country. However, both constructive and conventional patriotisms were positively linked with the height of expectations of how the country should function. Additionally, we showed that discrepancy may motivate constructive patriots to be civically engaged (Study 4). Overall, the findings suggest that the difference between constructive and conventional patriots lies principally in how they evaluate the actual state of the country rather than in the degree to which they set high expectations or standards for the country.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maciej Sekerdej
- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.,Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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McLamore Q, Syropoulos S, Leidner B, Hirschberger G, van Bezouw MJ, Rovenpor D, Paladino MP, Baumert A, Bilewicz M, Bilgen A, Chatard A, Chekroun P, Chinchilla J, Choi HS, Euh H, Gomez A, Kardos P, Khoo YH, Li M, Légal JB, Loughnan S, Mari S, Tan-Mansukhani R, Muldoon O, Noor M, Petrović N, Selvanathan HP, Uluğ ÖM, Wohl MJ, Yeung WLV, Young K, Zein RA. The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 62:992-1012. [PMID: 36507575 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12614] [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: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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While public health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic transcend national borders, practical efforts to combat them are often instantiated at the national level. Thus, national group identities may play key roles in shaping compliance with and support for preventative measures (e.g., hygiene and lockdowns). Using data from 25,159 participants across representative samples from 21 nations, we investigated how different modalities of ingroup identification (attachment and glorification) are linked with reactions to the coronavirus pandemic (compliance and support for lockdown restrictions). We also examined the extent to which the associations of attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic are mediated through trust in information about the coronavirus pandemic from scientific and government sources. Multilevel models suggested that attachment, but not glorification, was associated with increased trust in science and compliance with federal COVID-19 guidelines. However, while both attachment and glorification were associated with trust in government and support for lockdown restrictions, glorification was more strongly associated with trust in government information than attachment. These results suggest that both attachment and glorification can be useful for promoting public health, although glorification's role, while potentially stronger, is restricted to pathways through trust in government information.
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- Quinnehtukqut McLamore
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.,University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany.,University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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Marchlewska M, Cichocka A, Furman A, Cislak A. Who respects the will of the people? Support for democracy is linked to high secure national identity but low national narcissism. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 61:599-621. [PMID: 34532869 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Support for democracy is based on warmth, inclusiveness, and a general belief that others are well-intentioned. It is also related to a willingness to respect the rights of outgroups which do not necessarily share the views of one's ingroup. In this research, we analysed the relationships between different types of national identity and support for democracy. In two surveys (Study 1; American participants, n = 407 and Study 2; Polish participants; n = 570), we found that support for democracy was negatively linked to collective narcissism, measured in relation to the national group, previously associated with negative intra- and inter-group outcomes. The effect of national narcissism on democracy support was present even when accounting for national identification. In Study 2, we also found that this effect was mediated by social cynicism - a negative view of human nature. In both studies, support for democracy was positively linked to a secure national identity, that is national identification without the narcissistic component, which tends to be associated with positive attitudes towards others. We discuss implications for understanding the role of national identity in support for (il)liberal politics.
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- Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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