Yes, we can (but for different reasons): Collective narcissism is linked to different values but similar pro-ingroup collective action tendencies among disadvantaged and advantaged ethnic groups
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Gaëlle Marinthe
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale, University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France
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Gaëlle Marinthe, UFR de Psychologie, Université Paris 8, 2 rue de la Liberté, 93200 Saint-Denis, France.
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Search for more papers by this authorAleksandra Cislak
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
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Search for more papers by this authorSamantha Stronge
School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Search for more papers by this authorMikey Biddlestone
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Search for more papers by this authorFlavio Azevedo
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Studies, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Search for more papers by this authorAlice Kasper
Laboratoire de Psychologie: Cognition, Comportement, Communication, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France
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Search for more papers by this authorChris G. Sibley
School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Search for more papers by this authorAleksandra Cichocka
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Gaëlle Marinthe
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale, University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France
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Gaëlle Marinthe, UFR de Psychologie, Université Paris 8, 2 rue de la Liberté, 93200 Saint-Denis, France.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing, Formal analysis, Project administration, Data curation, Resources, Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorAleksandra Cislak
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Methodology, Validation, Project administration, Supervision, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorSamantha Stronge
School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Search for more papers by this authorMikey Biddlestone
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Search for more papers by this authorFlavio Azevedo
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Studies, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Search for more papers by this authorAlice Kasper
Laboratoire de Psychologie: Cognition, Comportement, Communication, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France
Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Validation
Search for more papers by this authorChris G. Sibley
School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Search for more papers by this authorAleksandra Cichocka
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Collective narcissism, a belief that one's group is exceptional and entitled to special treatment but underappreciated by others, is related to important social and political outcomes but has been predominantly studied in advantaged groups. The present research compares the motivational correlates (through values) of collective narcissism in ethnic groups of different status (advantaged and disadvantaged) and explores its associations with attitudes towards, and intention to engage in collective action. Three studies examined these processes in different national and intergroup contexts (total N = 16,275). Overall, ethnic collective narcissism was linked to self-protective values (power, and less consistently, conservation) in advantaged groups but to universalism in disadvantaged groups. Moreover, in both advantaged and disadvantaged groups, ethnic collective narcissism was related to more positive attitudes towards, and intentions of pro-ingroup actions but not to attitudes towards (other) disadvantaged groups (i.e., intergroup solidarity). These studies suggest that collective narcissism may be associated with different motivations, yet linked to similar intergroup attitudes among advantaged and disadvantaged groups.
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Data from Study 1, analysis code and material (items) for all studies are available at the OSF and can be accessed at: https://osf.io/tw64n/. Data from Study 2 are under embargo and therefore not publicly available, but details on material can be found at: https://ppbs.flavioazevedo.com/. Data from Study 3 are available upon request from Chris Sibley ([email protected]), or any member of the NZAVS advisory board for the purposes of replication or checking of any published study using NZAVS data. The Mplus syntax used to test all models reported in this manuscript are available on the NZAVS website: www.nzavs.auckland.ac.nz. No studies were preregistered.
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