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Understanding defensive and secure in-group positivity: The role of collective narcissism
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Integrating psychoanalytic ideas of group idealisation with social identity and categorisation theories, this article discusses the distinction between secure and defensive in-group positivity. Narcissistic in-group positivity captures a belief in in-group greatness that is contingent on external validation. It reflects defensive in-group positivity, insofar as it stems from the frustration of individual needs, and predicts increased sensitivity to threats as well as undesirable consequences for out-groups and the in-group. Secure in-group positivity—that is, in-group positivity without the narcissistic component—is a confidently held positive evaluation of one’s in-group that is independent of the recognition of the group in the eyes of others. It stems from the satisfaction of individual needs, is resilient to threats and has positive consequences for the in-group and out-groups. I review evidence for these two distinct ways people relate to their social groups and discuss theoretical and practical implications for understanding intra- and intergroup relations.
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- Authors
- Cichocka, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Kent (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cichocka, Aleksandra
- ORCID
- Cichocka, Aleksandra
- Venue
- European Review of Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 283-317
- ISSN
- 1046-3283 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-277X
- OpenAlex
- W2566484759
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 107
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 6
- FWCI
- 53.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Review of Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2014/13/B/HS6/03137, 2011/01/B/HS6/04637)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- collective narcissism, social identity, categorization, intergroup relations, threat sensitivity, individual needs
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