Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related emotions, beliefs, and behaviors?
Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related emotions, beliefs, and behaviors?
In a multinational study (61 countries; N = 15,039), we examined how collective narcissists, both agentic (ACN) and communal (CCN), reacted cognitively (through endorsement of unfounded conspiracy and health beliefs) and behaviorally (via prevention, hoarding, and prosociality) to the pandemic. Higher ACN and CCN predicted greater endorsement of COVID-19 unfounded beliefs and higher likelihood of having recently engaged in pandemic-related prevention, hoarding, and prosociality. The predictive effects of ACN and CCN were independent, suggesting construct separability. Fear positively predicted endorsement of unfounded beliefs and behaviors, but the slope of that relation was flattened when ACN and CCN were particularly high. Finally, the relation between ACN or CCN and outcomes changed across countries varying in collective fear.
COVID-19, collective narcissism, hoarding, prevention, prosociality, unfounded beliefs, Prevention, Collective narcissism, Prosociality, Hoarding behavior, Unfounded beliefs
Żemojtel‐Piotrowska, Magdalena
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Sawicki, Artur
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Piotrowski, Jarosław
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Sedikides, Constantine
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6 October 2024
Żemojtel‐Piotrowska, Magdalena
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Sawicki, Artur
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Żemojtel‐Piotrowska, Magdalena, Sawicki, Artur and Piotrowski, Jarosław
,
et al.
(2024)
Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related emotions, beliefs, and behaviors?
Journal of Research in Personality, 113, [104542].
(doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104542).
Abstract
In a multinational study (61 countries; N = 15,039), we examined how collective narcissists, both agentic (ACN) and communal (CCN), reacted cognitively (through endorsement of unfounded conspiracy and health beliefs) and behaviorally (via prevention, hoarding, and prosociality) to the pandemic. Higher ACN and CCN predicted greater endorsement of COVID-19 unfounded beliefs and higher likelihood of having recently engaged in pandemic-related prevention, hoarding, and prosociality. The predictive effects of ACN and CCN were independent, suggesting construct separability. Fear positively predicted endorsement of unfounded beliefs and behaviors, but the slope of that relation was flattened when ACN and CCN were particularly high. Finally, the relation between ACN or CCN and outcomes changed across countries varying in collective fear.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 September 2024
Published date: 6 October 2024
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COVID-19, collective narcissism, hoarding, prevention, prosociality, unfounded beliefs, Prevention, Collective narcissism, Prosociality, Hoarding behavior, Unfounded beliefs
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