National narcissism in politics and public understanding of science

A Cislak, A Cichocka - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
People seek to belong to groups that they evaluate positively and identify with. A strong
ingroup identity is typically thought to bring about positive outcomes for the individuals and …

Authoritarians and “revolutionaries in reverse”: Why collective narcissism threatens democracy

A Golec de Zavala - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Collective narcissism is a belief that the ingroup deserves but is denied special treatment
and recognition. It is a projection of the narcissistic need to be recognized as better than …

COVID-19: why do people refuse vaccination? The role of social identities and conspiracy beliefs: evidence from nationwide samples of Polish adults

M Marchlewska, K Hamer, M Baran, P Górska… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present research, we focus on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and empirically examine
how different forms of social identity (defensive vs. secure national identity and identification …

[LLIBRE][B] The psychology of collective narcissism: Insights from social identity theory

A Golec de Zavala - 2024 - library.oapen.org
The Psychology of Collective Narcissism is a ground-breaking text that presents a new
theory of collective narcissism, a belief that exaggerated greatness of one's own group …

Shake it off! Adaptive co** with stress reduces national narcissism

Z Molenda, M Marchlewska, M Rogoza… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Examining the role of co** with stress strategies in sha** national narcissism, we
proposed that this type of defensive national commitment (stemming from psychological …

When the sun goes down: Low political knowledge and high national narcissism predict climate change conspiracy beliefs

P Michalski, M Marchlewska, P Górska… - The Journal of Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present research empirically examines the links between political knowledge, national
narcissism, and climate change conspiracy beliefs. National narcissism (ie, an unrealistic …

Party people: Differentiating the associations of partisan identification and partisan narcissism with political skill, integrity, and party dedication

B Gronfeldt, A Cislak, M Wyatt… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated outcomes associated with different types of partisan identity in a sample of
political candidates for parliament and local offices (N= 214). We distinguished partisan …

[HTML][HTML] Defensive national identity relates to support for collective violence, in contrast to secure national identity, in a sample of displaced Syrian diaspora members

R Abou-Ismail, B Gronfeldt, G Marinthe - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines national identities and collective violence beliefs in a sample of Syrian
diaspora members (N= 521). Most of the Syria diaspora fled the ongoing civil war and are …

Co** strategies and belief in COVID‐19 conspiracy theories

Z Molenda, M Marchlewska, A Karakula… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conspiracy beliefs have been related to aversive emotional experiences often
accompanying major world events and have also been linked to maladaptive ways of co** …

Avoidance co** explains the link between narcissism and counternormative tendencies

W Podsiadłowski, M Marchlewska… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research linked counternormative tendencies (eg, conspiracy beliefs,
cyberbullying, and catfishing) to narcissism—a personality trait characterized by difficulties …