Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: Do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related beliefs and behaviors?

Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska; Artur Sawicki; Jarosław Piotrowski; Uri Lifshin; Mabelle Kretchner; John J. Skowronski; Constantine Sedikides; Peter K. Jonason; Mladen Adamovic; Attiso M.G. Agada; Oli Ahmed; Laith Al-Shawaf; Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah; Rahkman Ardi; Uzma Azam; Zana Babakr; Einar Baldvin Baldursson; Sergiu Băltătescu; Tomasz Baran; Konstantin Bochaver; Aidos Bolatov; Mario Bonato; Harshalini Y. Bundhoo; Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon; Phatthanakit Chobthamkit; Richard G. Cowden; Victor Counted; Gisela de Clunie; Sonya Dragova-Koleva; Carla Sofia Esteves; Valdiney V. Gouveia; Katherine Gundolf; Salima Hamouda; Carmen Haretche; Evelyn Hye Kyung Jeong; Dzintra Iliško; Najma Iqbal Malik; John Jamir Benzon Aruta; Fanli Jia; Veljko Jovanović; Tomislav Jukić; Doroteja Pavan Jukić; Shanmukh V. Kamble; Narine Khachatryan; Martina Klicperova-Baker; Christoph Kogler; Emil Knezović; Metodi Koralov; Monika Kovacs; Walaa Labib M. Eldesoki

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Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: Do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related beliefs and behaviors?

Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Artur Sawicki, Jarosław Piotrowski, Uri Lifshin, Mabelle Kretchner, John J. Skowronski, Constantine Sedikides, Peter K. Jonason, Mladen Adamovic, Attiso M.G. Agada, Oli Ahmed, Laith Al-Shawaf, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Rahkman Ardi, Uzma Azam, Zana Babakr, Einar Baldvin Baldursson, Sergiu Băltătescu, Tomasz Baran, Konstantin BochaverAidos Bolatov, Mario Bonato, Harshalini Y. Bundhoo, Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Richard G. Cowden, Victor Counted, Gisela de Clunie, Sonya Dragova-Koleva, Carla Sofia Esteves, Valdiney V. Gouveia, Katherine Gundolf, Salima Hamouda, Carmen Haretche, Evelyn Hye Kyung Jeong, Dzintra Iliško, Najma Iqbal Malik, John Jamir Benzon Aruta, Fanli Jia, Veljko Jovanović, Tomislav Jukić, Doroteja Pavan Jukić, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Narine Khachatryan, Martina Klicperova-Baker, Christoph Kogler, Emil Knezović, Metodi Koralov, Monika Kovacs, Walaa Labib M. Eldesoki

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	104542
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	113
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104542
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

Collective narcissism
COVID-19
Hoarding behavior
Prevention
Prosociality
Unfounded beliefs

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Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Sawicki, A., Piotrowski, J., Lifshin, U., Kretchner, M., Skowronski, J. J., Sedikides, C., Jonason, P. K., Adamovic, M., Agada, A. M. G., Ahmed, O., Al-Shawaf, L., Christopher Yaw Appiah, S., Ardi, R., Azam, U., Babakr, Z., Baldvin Baldursson, E., Băltătescu, S., Baran, T., ... Labib M. Eldesoki, W. (2024). Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: Do they predict COVID-19 pandemic-related beliefs and behaviors? Journal of Research in Personality, 113, Article 104542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104542

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