Sentences with phrase «collective narcissism»
Collective narcissism refers to when a group of people or a community excessively focuses on its own importance and seeks validation from others. It's like a group of individuals developing an inflated sense of self-worth as a collective entity rather than as individuals. Full definition
They found that this link was driven by national collective narcissism.
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Dr Golec de Zavala says this research introduces collective narcissism as a new variable to consider when making predictions for political behavior.
In the UK, collective narcissism predicted support for Brexit, in the US it predicted support for Donald Trump, and in Poland it predicted support for the populist Law and Justice party.
And like any good propaganda, the «Historic Edition» contains a range of pre-emptive broadsides against likely critics of this preening collective narcissism.
«Xenophobia strongly linked to Brexit, regardless of voter age, gender or education: Study shows British citizens who fear immigrants were more likely to have voted to leave the EU, and identifies collective narcissism as a new voting variable.»
«From Brexit, Trump and support for Vladimir Putin in Russia to the nationalist, ultra - conservative government in Poland, studies from our and other labs show that collective narcissism systematically predicts prejudice, aggression and a tendency to interpret innocent behaviors as provocation to the national group,» she says.
No studies have looked at whether collective narcissism is going up or down, but further research in this area could help to predict societal flare - ups, says Golec de Zavala.
Researchers found that feelings that Americans were being disadvantaged relative to immigrants was associated with national collective narcissism, which in turn predicted preference for Trump.
If the collective narcissism of such limited circles of concern is threatened or wounded, defensive violence results.
But to think that a nordic god (Jesus is often portrayed with light brown hair and blue eyes) will come out of the clouds to end the world is an example of collective narcissism.
The study found that collective narcissism, i.e. an unrealistic belief in the greatness of the nation, increased in response to group feelings of being disadvantaged, especially when this was long lasting.
The researchers found that collective narcissism, rather than mere strength of national identification, was a significant predictor of support for this party.
In the first study, data from Poland in 2014 was used to examine the relationship between national collective narcissism versus conventional national identification and support for the populist Law and Justice party and its leader.
A team of psychologists and political scientists from the universities of Kent (UK), Warsaw (Poland) and Maryland (USA) found in three studies that national collective narcissism was linked to support for populism.
Although other studies have implicated right wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation in voting for radical right - wing parties because of the perceived threat of immigrants, collective narcissism has almost never been examined in the context of political behaviors such as voting.
«Collective narcissism is not a good attitude to have,» she says.
Agnieszka Golec de Zavala at Goldsmiths, University of London and her colleagues showed last year that people in Turkey who scored higher on the collective narcissism scale were more likely to feel humiliated by their country not being admitted to the European Union.
Perez explains, «It taps into a primal instinct — a kind of collective narcissism that is very human and sinful.