Collective narcissism and the growth of conspiracy thinking over the course of the 2016 United States presidential election: a longitudinal analysis
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Using data from a longitudinal study of American adults collected between July and November 2016, we examine the hypothesis that American collective narcissism (CN) would uniquely predict increases in conspiracy thinking during the 2016 presidential campaign. Going beyond previous findings, our results indicate that CN (but not in‐group identification) predicted growth in general conspiracy thinking—that is, a tendency to view political events in terms of group‐based conspiracies—over the course of the 2016 US presidential campaign. This relationship is found even after accounting for other predictors such as demographics, political knowledge, social trust, authoritarianism, and need for cognitive closure.
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The association between collective narcissism and conspiratorial thinking increased during the Trump presidential campaign.
“Results of a longitudinal study showed that the association between collective narcissism and conspiratorial thinking increased during the Trump presidential campaign.”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala & Federico, 2018
As the Trump campaign evolved, the belief in conspiratorial explanation of political events became more strongly associated with collective narcissism.
“As the campaign evolved, the belief in conspiratorial explanation of political events that this campaign offered aplenty became more strongly associated with collective narcissism (Golec de Zavala & Federico, 2018).”
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Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to grandiose beliefs about the nation.
“grandiose beliefs about the nation [21, 22, 23*].”
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People who believe in their group's superiority but are anxious about its recognition are drawn to conspiracy theories about outgroup members.
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- Authors
- Golec de Zavala, A., & Federico, C. M.
- Affiliations
- Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London London UK
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Venue
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1011-1018
- ISSN
- 0046-2772 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0992
- OpenAlex
- W2800626544
- Semantic Scholar
- 8439c7aadb2a260559448713f06bdd5fae8b97ca
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 23.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- European Journal of Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Goldsmiths (University of London) (acceptedVersion)
- Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Keywords
- collective narcissism, conspiracy beliefs, 2016 US presidential election, ingroup identification, political conspiracy, authoritarianism, need for cognitive closure, social trust, political knowledge, longitudinal change
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