Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska , Artur Sawicki , Jarosław Piotrowski , Uri Lifshin , Mabelle Kretchner , John J. Skowronski , Constantine Sedikides , Peter K. Jonason , Mladen Adamovic , Attiso M.G. Agada , Oli Ahmed , Laith Al-Shawaf , Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah , Rahkman Ardi , Uzma Azam , Zana Babakr , Einar Baldvin Baldursson , Sergiu Băltătescu , Tomasz Baran , Konstantin Bochaver , Somayeh Zand
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Abstract
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.
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Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.