The Paradox of In‐Group Love: Differentiating Collective Narcissism Advances Understanding of the Relationship Between In‐Group and Out‐Group Attitudes
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Objective: The present studies test the hypothesis that the overlap between collective narcissism and positive in‐group identification conceals the opposite relationships these variables have with out‐group derogation. Method: Five surveys were conducted in different cultural and national contexts, using different samples and different intergroup contexts (Study 1, Polish student sample, N = 85; Study 2, British student sample, N = 81; Study 3, Polish representative sample, N = 979; Study 3, Polish student sample, N = 267 and Study 5, British student sample, N = 241). Results: The results of suppression analyses systematically indicate that when the positive relationship between collective narcissism and in‐group positivity is controlled for, the non‐narcissistic in‐group positivity predicts less out‐group negativity, whereas collective narcissism predicts more out‐group derogation. Conclusions: The results advance our understanding of constructive and destructive forms of in‐group positivity and their different consequences for intergroup attitudes.
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Collective narcissism is associated with the belief that the whole world is against the ingroup.
“Perhaps not surprisingly, empirical findings suggest that collective narcissism is associated with the belief that the whole world is against the ingroup.”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012
The General Discussion says collective narcissists believe others do not appreciate their group enough and tend to perceive ambiguous intergroup situations as threatening. That supports an association with perceived external threat, but not the stronger belief that the whole world is against the in-group. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPolish collective narcissists rejected Jews because they believed Jews were conspiring to overtake Poland by secretive means.
“Thus, Polish collective narcissists rejected Jews because they believed Jews were conspiring to overtake Poland by secretive means (Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012).”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012
The section “Collective Narcissism and Positive In-Group Identification” reports that collective narcissists showed higher anti-Semitism because they perceived Jews as threatening. It does not say they believed Jews were secretly conspiring to overtake Poland; searches for that specific belief found no supporting passage in our copy. Page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredCollective narcissism is linked to the perception of the ingroup as threatened by hostile intentions of others.
“In this vein, research has linked collective narcissism to the perception of the ingroup as threatened by hostile intentions of others (Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012;Golec de Zavala et al., 2009).”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012
Residual ingroup satisfaction is not related to beliefs about outgroup's hostile intentions towards the ingroup.
“it is not related to beliefs about outgroup's hostile intentions towards the ingroup (Dyduch-Hazar, Mroziński, & Golec de Zavala, 2019b;Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012),”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala & Cichocka, 2012
The Measures and General Discussion sections examine out-group attitudes and negativity, not beliefs that out-groups intend to harm the in-group. Searches for hostile intentions, perceived threat, and residual in-group satisfaction found no passage testing the claimed lack of a relationship. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.73)
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- Authors
- de Zavala, A. G., Cichocka, A., & Bilewicz, M.
- Affiliations
- Lisbon University Institute
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-01-02
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 16-28
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W2099228619
- Cited by
- 204
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 12.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Goldsmiths Research Online (acceptedVersion)
- Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London) (acceptedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (acceptedVersion)
- Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- collective narcissism, ingroup identification, outgroup derogation, intergroup attitudes, intergroup relations, cultural differences
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Group Processes, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Narcissism, Psychological Tests, Self Concept, Social Identification, Young Adult
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