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The Relationship between the Brexit Vote and Individual Predictors of Prejudice: Collective Narcissism, Right Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation

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Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka, Guerra, Rita, Simão, Cláudia·2017·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02023PMC PMC5712068
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The Leave campaign in the U.K., which advocated exiting the European Union, emphasized anxiety over immigration and the need to take control of the U.K.'s borders. Citizens who expressed concerns about immigration to the U.K. were more likely to vote to leave. Two correlational studies examined the previously unexplored question of whether the Brexit vote and support for the outcome of the E.U. referendum were linked to individual predictors of prejudice toward foreigners: British collective narcissism (a belief in national greatness), right wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation. The results converged to indicate that all three variables were independently related to the perceived threat of immigrants and, via this variable, to the Brexit vote and a support for the outcome of the E.U. referendum. These variables explained the variance in the perceived threat of immigrants and support for the Brexit vote over and above other previously examined predictors such as age, education, or ethnicity, as well as, national identification and national attachment.

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  • Collective narcissism has been implicated in the growing popularity of populist, isolationist, and neo-fascist political movements.

    “The need to understand the dynamics and social consequences of collective narcissism has been recently highlighted by the implication of collective narcissism in the growing popularity of populist (e.g., support for Donald Trump), isolationist (e.g., support for Brexit in the United Kingdom, the rise to power of Euro-sceptic parties in Poland and Hungary), and neo-fascist political movements”

    From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala, Guerra, & Simão, 2017

    The paper’s section on collective narcissism and perceived immigration threat reports an association with voting for Donald Trump, and its Discussion links collective narcissism to support for Brexit. The copy does not establish a link to the rise of Euro-sceptic parties in Poland or Hungary, neo-fascist movements, or the growing popularity of these movements generally. No page numbers are provided in the copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Rejection of immigrants, perceived as a threat to economic superiority and the British way of life, was behind the association between collective narcissism and the Brexit vote.

    “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., 2017).”

    From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala et al., 2017

    Study 1 Results report that collective narcissism was indirectly related to the Brexit vote through perceived threat from immigrants. The Study 1 Procedure measured economic opportunities and national values as components of a single threat index; the analyses did not establish that threats specifically to economic superiority or the British way of life drove the association. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Collective narcissism was implicated in the widespread support for populist politicians and politics after the financial crisis of 2008.

    “Collective narcissism was implicated in the widespread support for populist politicians and politics after the financial crisis of 2008 (Federico & Golec de Zavala, 2018;Golec de Zavala et al., 2017;Marchlewska et al., 2018).”

    From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala et al., 2017

    The Study 1 Results link collective narcissism to the Brexit vote and support for its outcome; the ‘Collective narcissism and perceived immigration threat’ section also reports a link to voting for Donald Trump. These passages support an association with two political outcomes, but do not connect it to the 2008 financial crisis or establish widespread support for populist politicians and politics generally. No page numbers are supplied in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • In the United Kingdom, collective narcissism, social dominance orientation, and authoritarianism independently predicted support for Brexit via perceived threat from immigrants.

    “In support of those conclusions, research showed that in the United Kingdom, collective narcissism, social dominance orientation, and authoritarianism independently predicted support for Bexit via perceived threat from immigrants (Golec de Zavala et al., 2017).”

    From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala et al., 2017

  • In the United Kingdom, collective narcissism was associated with the vote to leave the European Union.

    “In the United Kingdom, collective narcissism was associated with the vote to leave the European Union (Golec de Zavala et al., 2017;Marchlewska et al., 2018).”

    From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Golec de Zavala et al., 2017

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Golec de Zavala, A., Guerra, R., & Simão, C.
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  • Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa (PT)
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Frontiers in Psychology
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Frontiers Media SA
Published
2017-11-27
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8
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2023-2023
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02023
PMC
PMC5712068
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W2767579286
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/MHC-PSO/0144/2014)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Keywords
Brexit, Brexit referendum, collective narcissism, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, Leave campaign, national identity, national attachment, European Union referendum

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