Uncertainty in times of COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory analysis of the predictors of collective narcissism

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalheiro, Raquel
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/23823
• topic: Collective narcissism; Ingroup satisfaction; Self-uncertainty; Identity motives; Relações intergrupais -- Intergroup relations; Narcisismo coletivo; Satisfação do endogrupo; Incerteza pessoal; Motivos para a identificação

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedent context of uncertainty, posing pronounced consequences on intergroup relations. The present study aims at better understanding the dynamics of social identification, specifically towards one’s national ingroup, under a con- text of high uncertainty driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it examines whether and how different identity motives are related with different forms of ingroup positivity (i.e., ingroup satisfaction and collective narcissism) and its consequences for intergroup relations. Data was collected via online questionnaires (N=227). The overall results showed that the motives meaning, distinctiveness and efficacy positively predicted collective narcissism. Whereas the motives meaning and self-esteem positively predicted ingroup satisfaction. Contrary to expect the belonging motive negatively predicted ingroup satisfaction and self-uncertainty was not related to neither ingroup satisfaction nor collective narcissism. The different identity motives also showed to be indirectly related with different intergroup consequences, via collective narcissism and ingroup satisfaction. While meaning and efficacy were related with outgroup hostility via collective narcissism; self-esteem, meaning and belonging were related to solidarity during COVID-19 pandemic via ingroup satisfaction. These findings advanced the knowledge on the predictors of collective narcissism.