Collective Narcissism Predicts Hypersensitivity to In–group Insult and Direct and Indirect Retaliatory Intergroup Hostility

Residual ingroup satisfaction is not related to outgroup derogation and sometimes predicts outgroup tolerance.

“nor to outgroup derogation (and it sometimes predicts outgroup tolerance; Golec de Zavala et al., 2013aZavala et al., , 2016Zavala et al., , 2019a)).”

Turkish collective narcissists held hostile attitudes towards the European Union because they perceived the Turkish delay to become a member of the EU as an insult to their group.

“Results of one study showed that Turkish collective narcissists held hostile attitudes towards the European Union because they perceived the Turkish delay to become a member of the EU (approximation of intergroup exclusion) as an insult to their group (Golec de Zavala et al., 2016).”

Collective narcissists' reactions to ingroup's image threats are hostile: anger, contempt, and aggression.

“Given that their emotionality is mostly negative, their sociality is low and their perception of intergroup situations biased, their reactions to ingroup's image threats are hostile: anger, contempt, and aggression (Golec de Zavala et al., 2019aZavala et al., , 2016)).”

Collective narcissism reliably suppresses the link between positive ingroup identification and national ingroup satisfaction and positive (or at least neutral) attitudes towards national outgroups.

“In contrast, collective narcissism reliably supresses the link between positive ingroup identification and national ingroup satisfaction and positive (or at least neutral) attitudes towards national outgroups (Golec de Zavala et al., 2013aZavala et al., , 2016Zavala et al., , 2019a)).”

The contribution of collective narcissism to explaining variance in hypersensitivity to threat to the ingroup's image and intergroup hostility was independent and stronger than the contribution of nationalism, blind patriotism, constructive patriotism, national symbolism, and national ingroup satisfaction.

“Despite nationalism and blind patriotism significantly contributing to explaining the variance in both outcome variables, the relative importance analyses indicated that the contribution of collective narcissism was independent and stronger than the contribution of any other of the compared variables (Golec de Zavala et al., 2016).”

Once collective narcissism is removed, positive ingroup identification is often related to outgroup tolerance.

“Once collective narcissism is removed, positive ingroup identification is often related to outgroup tolerance (Cichocka, Dhont, & Makwana, 2017;Golec de Zavala et al., 2013a, 2016, 2017, 2019a).”

Residual ingroup satisfaction (with collective narcissism partialled out) does not predict hypersensitivity to threat to the ingroup's image.

“Indeed, unlike collective narcissism, residual ingroup satisfaction does not predict hypersensitivity to threat to the ingroup's image (Golec de Zavala et al., 2016);”

Collective narcissism and ingroup satisfaction overlap positively, with correlations ranging from r = .24 to r = .69 across studies in the United States, Turkey, and Poland.

“The positive overlap between collective narcissism and ingroup satisfaction ranges from r (375) = .24,p < .001(Golec de Zavala et al. 2019a, in the United States) and r (109) = .31,p < .01(Golec de Zavala et al., 2016, in Turkey) to r (568) = .69, p < .001(Golec de Zavala, Lantos, & Chester 2019b in Poland).”

Collective narcissism was related to retaliatory hostility in response to a wide range of challenges to the ingroup's positive image, including subtle, ambiguous, and imprecise ones.

“Studies also showed that collective narcissism was related to retaliatory hostility in response to a wide range of challenges to the ingroup's positive image including subtle, ambiguous, and imprecise ones (Golec de Zavala et al., 2016, discussed in more detail below).”

Collective narcissism predicts intergroup hostility especially in response to what is perceived as a threat to the ingroup's positive image.

“and especially in response to what is perceived as a threat to the ingroup's positive image (Golec de Zavala et al., 2013a;2016).”

Collective narcissists retaliated with direct or indirect hostility (in the form of schadenfreude) even in situations that require a stretch of the imagination to be perceived as an intentional, deliberate provocation of the ingroup.

“Results of several studies converged to indicate that collective narcissists retaliated with direct or indirect hostility (in the form of schadenfreude) even in situations that require a stretch of the imagination to be perceived as an intentional, deliberate provocation of the ingroup.”

In Poland, collective narcissists wanted to punish the producers of a movie (Aftermath) because the movie alluded to Polish anti-Semitism during World War II.

“Stretching the definition of provocation even further, in Poland, collective narcissists wanted to punish the producers of a movie (Aftermath ) because the movie alluded to one of the least laudable moments in the national history: Polish anti-Semitism during the World War II.”

In Portugal, collective narcissists rejoiced in the possibility of an economic crisis in Germany and preferred hostile actions against a German person because they felt offended that Germany's position in the European Union was more appreciated than Portugal's position.

“For example, in Portugal, collective narcissists rejoiced in the possibility of an economic crisis in Germany and preferred hostile actions against a German person because they felt offended that Germany's position in the European Union was more appreciated than the Portugal's position.”

Holding collective narcissist belief about the ingroup, rather than possessing narcissistic individual characteristics, predicts intergroup behaviors.

“Evidence indicates that holding collective narcissist belief about the ingroup, rather than possessing narcissistic individual characteristics, predicts intergroup behaviors (Cai & Gries, 2013;Golec de Zavala et al., 2013b;Golec de Zavala et al., 2016;Lyons et al., 2010).”