Cutting the forest down to save your face: Narcissistic national identification predicts support for anti-conservation policies

Cislak, Aleksandra; Wójcik, Adrian; Cichocka, Aleksandra

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.08.009

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“…A potentially fertile ground for future research would be to examine other consequences of collective narcissism and secure ingroup identification, especially for intra‐group processes. Overall, we expect collective narcissism to predict less concern about the well‐being of other group members and greater concern with maintaining a positive image of the ingroup for the outside world (Cichocka, ; Cichocka & Cislak, ; Cislak, Wojcik & Cichocka, ). While secure ingroup identification might predict concern with how the ingroup is received by others, this should be trumped by being concern about the well‐being of other group members.…”

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Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty

Marchlewska

Cichocka

Jaworska

et al. 2020

British J Social Psychol

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We examined the associations between the need for personal control, different types of ingroup commitment, and group‐related outcomes: (1) defensive responses to ingroup criticism, (2) ingroup disloyalty, and (3) outgroup attitudes. We assumed that collective narcissism (i.e., a belief in ingroup’s greatness which is contingent on external validation and stems from frustrated individual needs) should be concerned with defending the ingroup image and derogating outgroups, but not necessarily with being loyal to the ingroup. Secure ingroup identification (i.e., a confidently held ingroup evaluation, which stems from satisfied needs), in contrast, should predict greater ingroup loyalty and positive outgroup attitudes. We expected these effects to be especially strong once we account for the overlap between collective narcissism and group‐level self‐investment – a key component of ingroup identification. In a nationally representative sample of Polish adults (n = 1,007), collective narcissism (net of group‐level self‐investment) mediated between low personal control and ingroup image defense, lower group loyalty, and less positive outgroup attitudes. Secure ingroup identification (group‐level self‐investment net of collective narcissism) mediated between high personal control and ingroup loyalty and positive outgroup attitudes. It was not associated with ingroup image defense. Implications for understanding the role of identification in inter‐ and intra‐group relations are discussed.

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Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty

Marchlewska

Cichocka

Jaworska

et al. 2020

British J Social Psychol

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“…Analyses indicated that the rejection of immigrants, perceived as a threat to economic superiority and the British way of life, were behind the association between collective narcissism and the Brexit vote (Golec de Zavala et al, ). In addition, collective narcissism was associated with support for the populist governments and its particular policies in Poland (Cislak, Wojcik, & Cichocka, ; Golec de Zavala, ; Marchlewska et al, ) and in Hungary (Lantos, ).…”

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Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image

Zavala

Dyduch‐Hazar

Lantos

2019

Political Psychology

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This article proposes a new theoretical framework for the reviewed state-of-the-art research on collective narcissism-the belief that the ingroup's exceptionality is not sufficiently appreciated by others. Collective narcissism is motivated by the investment of an undermined sense of self-esteem into the belief in the ingroup's entitlement to privilege. Collective narcissism lies in the heart of populist rhetoric. The belief in ingroup's exceptionality compensates the undermined sense of self-worth, leaving collective narcissists hypervigilant to signs of threat to the ingroup's position. People endorsing the collective narcissistic belief are prone to biased perceptions of intergroup situations and to conspiratorial thinking. They retaliate to imagined provocations against the ingroup but sometimes overlook real threats. They are prejudiced and hostile. Deficits in emotional regulation, hostile attribution bias, and vindictiveness lie behind the robust link between collective narcissism and intergroup hostility. Interventions that support the regulation of negative emotions, such as experiencing self-transcendent emotions, decrease the link between collective narcissism and intergroup hostility and offer further insights into the nature of collective narcissism.

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“…For example, outgroup prejudice is negatively associated with national identi cation but positively with national narcissism (Golec de Zavala, Cichocka, & Bilewicz, 2013). National narcissism also predicts concern for maintaining a positive image of the nation than for the well-being of fellow citizens (Cichocka, 2016;Cislak et al, 2018;Marchlewska et al, 2020). Thus, national narcissists may be less inclined to engage in behaviours to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Nowak et al, 2020).…”

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National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

Bavel

Boggio

2020

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a devastating global health crisis. Without a vaccine or effective medication, the best hope for mitigating virus transmission is collective behavior change and support for public health interventions (e.g., physical distancing, physical hygiene, and endorsement of health policies). In a large-scale international collaboration (N = 46,650 across 67 countries), we investigated why people adopted public health behaviors and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during the early stages of the pandemic (April-May, 2020). Results revealed that respondents who identified more strongly with their nation consistently reported engagement in public health behaviors and greater support for public health policies. We also found a small effect of political orientation, indicating that left-wing respondents were more likely to report public health behaviors and support for public health measures than right-wing respondents. We discuss the implications of links between national identity, leadership, and public health for managing the COVID-19 and future pandemics.

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Cutting the forest down to save your face: Narcissistic national identification predicts support for anti-conservation policies

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Cited by 55 publications

References 36 publications

Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty

Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty

Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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