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

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. Bochaver K. Bolatov A. Bonato M. Bundhoo H.Y. Chaleeraktrakoon T. Chobthamkit P. Cowden R.G. Counted V. de Clunie G. Dragova-Koleva S. Sofia Esteves C. Gouveia V.V. Gundolf K. Hamouda S. Haretche C. Hye Kyung Jeong E. Iliško D. Iqbal Malik N. Jamir Benzon Aruta J. Jia F. Jovanović V. Jukić T. Pavan Jukić D. Kamble S.V. Khachatryan N. Klicperova-Baker M. Kogler C. Knezović E. Koralov M. Kovacs M. Labib M. Eldesoki W. Larzabal Fernandez A. Liik K. Malik S. Malysheva K. Maltby J. Mamuti A. Mangafic J. Moon C. Milfont T. Muehlbacher S. Najafi R. Özsoy E. Park J. Pérez de León P. Polackova Solcova I. Ramos-Diaz J. Ridic G. Riđić O. Samekin A. Starc A. Stefenel D. Thi Thanh Trà K. Tiliouine H. Tomšik R. Torres-Marín J. Umeh C.S. Wills-Herrera E. Wlodarczyk A. Vally Z. Vauclair C.-M. Yahiiaiev I. Zand S.
December 2024 Academic Press Inc.

Journal of Research in Personality
2024 #113

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.

Collective narcissism , COVID-19 , Hoarding behavior , Prevention , Prosociality , Unfounded beliefs

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Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
University of Gdansk, Poland
Reichman University, Israel
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Northern Illinois University, United States
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
University of Padova, Italy
Kings College London, United Kingdom
Clinique Biasa, Togo
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
University of Colorado, United States
Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), France
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
Aligarh Muslim University, India
Soran University, Iraq
Aalborg University, Denmark
University of Oradea, Romania
University of Warsaw, Poland
Independent Researcher, Russian Federation
Astana Medical University, Kazakhstan
University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Thammasat University, Thailand
Harvard University, United States
Regent University, United States
Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama
New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
University of Biskra, Algeria
Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa, Uruguay
University of Limerick, Ireland
Daugavpils University, Latvia
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
De La Salle University, Philippines
Seton Hall University, United States
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Croatia
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Karnatak University, India
Yerevan State University, Armenia
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Tilburg University, Netherlands
International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Al Jouf University, Saudi Arabia
Menoufia University, Egypt
Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Spain
Tallinn University, Estonia
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Mother Theresa University, Albania
University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Karl Landsteiner, University of Health Sciences, Austria
Sakarya University, Turkey
Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan
Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay
Universidad Privada del Norte
SRH Mobile University, Heidelberg, Germany
International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
M. Narikbayev, KAZGUU University, Kazakhstan
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Viet Nam
University of Oran, Algeria
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology, Slovakia
University of Granada, Spain
University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Los Andes University, Colombia
Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Portugal
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
University of Gdansk
Reichman University
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Northern Illinois University
University of Southampton
University of Padova
Kings College London
Clinique Biasa
University of Chittagong
University of Colorado
Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Universitas Airlangga
Aligarh Muslim University
Soran University
Aalborg University
University of Oradea
University of Warsaw
Independent Researcher
Astana Medical University
University of Mauritius
Thammasat University
Harvard University
Regent University
Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
New Bulgarian University
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Federal University of Paraiba
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
University of Biskra
Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa
University of Limerick
Daugavpils University
University of Sargodha
De La Salle University
Seton Hall University
University of Novi Sad
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University
University of Zagreb
Karnatak University
Yerevan State University
Czech Academy of Sciences
Tilburg University
International University of Sarajevo
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Al Jouf University
Menoufia University
Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
Tallinn University
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
University of Leicester
Mother Theresa University
University of Sarajevo
Royal Holloway
University of Waikato
Karl Landsteiner
Sakarya University
Graduate School of Education
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Universidad Privada del Norte
SRH Mobile University
International University of Sarajevo
M. Narikbayev
University of Ljubljana
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
University of Oran
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology
University of Granada
University of Lagos
Los Andes University
Universidad Católica del Norte
United Arab Emirates University
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
University of Milano-Bicocca

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