Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Żemojtel-Piotrowska M. Sawicki A. Piotrowski J. Lifshin U. Kretchner M. Skowronski J.J. Sedikides C. Jonason P.K. Adamovic M. Ahmed O. Atitsogbe K.A. Al-Shawaf L. Appiah S.C.Y. Ardi R. Azam U. Babakr Z.H. Baldursson E.B. Bălțătescu S. Bochaver K. Bolatov A. Bonato M. Bundhoo H.Y. Chaleeraktrakoon T. Chobthamkit P. Cowden R.G. Counted V. de Clunie G. Dragova-Koleva S. Esteves C.S. Gouveia V.V. Gundolf K. Hamouda S. Haretche C. Jeong E.H.K. Iliško D. Malik N.I. Aruta J.J.B. Jia F. Jovanović V. Jukić T. Jukić D.P. Kamble S.V. Khachatryan N. Klicperova-Baker M. Kogler C. Knezović E. Koralov M. Kovacs M. Eldesoki W.L.M. Fernandez A.L. Liik K. Malik S. Maltby J. Malysheva K. Mamuti A. Mangafic J. Moon C. Milfont T.L. Muehlbacher S. Najafi R. Özsoy E. Park J. de León P.P. Solcova I.P. Ramos-Diaz J. Ridic G. Riđić O. Samekin A. Spoto A. Starc A. Stefenel D. Trà K.T.T. Tiliouine H. Tomšik R. Torres-Marín J. Umeh C.S. Wills-Herrera E. Wlodarczyk A. Vally Z. Vauclair C. Yahiiaiev I. Zand S.
December 2024 Nature Research

Scientific Reports
2024 #14 Issue 1

A theoretical perspective on grandiose narcissism suggests four forms of it (sanctity, admiration, heroism, rivalry) and states that these forms conduce to different ways of thinking and acting. Guided by this perspective, we examined in a multinational and multicultural study (61 countries; N = 15,039) how narcissism forms are linked to cognitions and behaviors prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, differences in cognitions and behaviors across narcissism forms emerged. For example, higher narcissistic rivalry predicted lower likelihood of enactment of COVID-19 prevention behaviors, but higher narcissistic sanctity predicted higher likelihood of enactment of COVID-19 prevention behaviors. Further, whereas the heroism, admiration, and rivalry narcissism forms acted in a typically antisocial manner, with high narcissism predicting greater endorsement of unfounded health beliefs, the sanctity form acted in a prosocial manner, with higher narcissism being linked to lower endorsement of unfounded COVID-19 health beliefs. Thus, the findings (a) support the idea of four narcissism forms acting differently, and (b) show that these differences reflect a double-edged sword, sometimes linking to an anti-social orientation, and sometimes linking to a pro-social orientation.

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University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
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University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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Mother Theresa University, Tirana, Albania
University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
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Department of Psychology and Psychodynamics, Division of Work, Organizational, and Economic Psychology, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Facultad de Ciencias de La Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Peru
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M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Astana, Kazakhstan
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
University of Oran2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed, Belgaid, Oran, Algeria
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology, Bratislava, Slovakia
Department of Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
University of Gdansk
Reichman University
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Northern Illinois University
University of Southampton
Padova University
King’s College London
University of Chittagong
University of Lausanne
University of Colorado
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Universitas Airlangga
Aligarh Muslim University
Soran University
Aalborg University
University of Oradea
Independent Researcher
Astana Medical University
University of Padova
University of Mauritius
Thammasat University
Harvard University
Regent University
Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
New Bulgarian University
Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics
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
School of Medicine
Karnatak University
Yerevan State University
Czech Academy of Sciences
Tilburg University
International University of Sarajevo
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Department of Education and Psychology
Department of Psychology
Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
Tallinn University
University of Leicester
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Mother Theresa University
University of Sarajevo
Royal Holloway
University of Waikato
Department of Psychology and Psychodynamics
Sakarya University
Graduate School of Education
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Facultad de Ciencias de La Salud
SRH Mobile University
M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University
University of Ljubljana
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
University of Oran2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology
Department of Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences
College of Medicine
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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