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Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Magdalena Zemojtel-Piotrowska (Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M.); Artur Sawicki (Sawicki, A.); Jarosław P. Piotrowski (Piotrowski, J.); Uri Lifshin (Lifshin, U.); Mabelle Kretchner (Kretchner, M.); John J. Skowronski (Skowronski, J. J.); Constantine Sedikides (Sedikides, C.); Peter K. Jonason (Jonason, P. K.); Mladen Adamovic (Adamovic, M.); Oli Ahmed (Ahmed, O.); Kokou A. Atitsogbe (Atitsogbe, K. A.); Laith Al-Shawaf (Al-Shawaf, L.); Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah (Appiah, S. C. Y.); Rahkman Ardi (Ardi, R.); Uzma Azam (Azam, U.); Zana Hasan Babakr (Babakr, Z. H.); Einar Baldvin Baldursson (Baldursson, E. B.); Sergiu Baltatescu (Baltatescu, S.); Konstantin Bochaver (Bochaver, K.); Aidos Bolatov (Bolatov, A.); Mario Bonato (Bonato, M.); Harshalini Yashita Bundhoo Poonoosamy (Bundhoo, H. Y.); Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon (Chaleeraktrakoon, T.); Phatthanakit Chobthamkit (Chobthamkit, P.); Richard G. Cowden (Cowden, R. G.); Victor Counted (Counted, V.); Gisela T. de Clunie (de Clunie, G.); Sonya Dragova-Koleva (Dragova-Koleva, S.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C. S.); Valdiney Gouveia (Gouveia V. V.); Katherine Gundolf (Gundolf, K.); Salima Hamouda (Hamouda, S.); Carmen Haretche (Haretche, C.); Evelyn Hye Kyung Jeong (Jeong, E. H. K.); Dzintra Ilisko (Ilisko, D.); Najma Iqbal Malik (Malik, N. I.); John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta (Aruta, J. J. B.); Fanli Jia (Jia, F.); Veljko Jovanović (Jovanović, V.); Tomislav Jukić (Jukić, T.); Doroteja Pavan Jukić (Jukić, D. P.); Shanmukh Vasant Kamble (Kamble, S. V.); Narine Khachatryan (Khachatryan, N.); Martina Klicperova-Baker (Klicperova-Baker, M.); Christoph Kogler (Kogler, C.); Emil Knezović (Knezović, E.); Metodi Koralov (Koralov, M.); Monika Kovacs (Kovacs, M.); Walaa Labib M. Eldesoki (Eldesoki, W. L. M.); Aitor Larzabal Fernandez (Larzabal Fernandez, A.); Kadi Liik (Liik, K.); Sadia Malik (Malik, S.); John Maltby (Maltby, J.); Karine Malysheva (Malysheva, K.); Agim Mamuti (Mamuti, A.); Jasmina Mangafic (Mangafic, J.); Chanki Moon (Moon, C.); Taciano L. Milfont (Milfont, T. L.); Stephan Muehlbacher (Muehlbacher, S.); Reza Najafi (Najafi, R.); Emrah Özsoy (Özsoy, E.); Joonha Park (Park, J.); Pablo Pérez de León (Pérez de León, P.); Iva Poláčková Šolcová (Šolcová, I. P.); Jano Ramos-Diaz (Ramos-Diaz, J.); Goran Ridic (Ridic, G.); Ognjen Riđić (Riđić, O.); Adil Samekin (Samekin, A.); Andrea Spoto (Spoto, A.); Andrej Starc (Starc, A.); Delia Stefenel (Stefenel, D.); Kiêu Thi Thanh Trà (Trà, K. T. T.); Habib Tiliouine (Tiliouine, H.); Robert Tomsik (Tomsik, R.); Jorge Torres-Marín (Torres-Marín, J.); Charles S. Umeh (Umeh, C. S.); Eduardo Wills-Herrera (Wills-Herrera, E.); Anna Wlodarczyk (Wlodarczyk, A.); Zahir Vally (Vally, Z.); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Illia I. Yahiiaiev (Yahiiaiev, I.); Somayeh Zand (Zand, S.); et al.
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Scientific Reports
Year (definitive publication)
2024
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English
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United Kingdom
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Abstract
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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Keywords
  • Other Natural Sciences - Natural Sciences
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Funding Reference Funding Entity
20TTSH-070 RA Science Committee
2017/26/E/HS6/00282 National Science Centre, Poland
LX22NPO5101 NPO "Systemic Risk Institute"
2019/35/B/HS6/00682 National Science Centre of Poland
PPN/ULM/2019/1/00019/U/00001 Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
0086/DIA/2017/46 Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland