Globalization Is Associated With Lower Levels of National Narcissism: Evidence From 56 Countries

Aleksandra Cichocka; Nikhil Sengupta; Aleksandra Cislak; Bjarki Gronfeldt; Flavio Azevedo; Paulo S. Boggio

doi:10.1177/19485506221103326

Globalization Is Associated With Lower Levels of National Narcissism: Evidence From 56 Countries

Aleksandra Cichocka, Nikhil Sengupta, Aleksandra Cislak, Bjarki Gronfeldt, Flavio Azevedo, Paulo S. Boggio

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We present a largescale, preregistered examination of factors that explain why citizens of certain nations might show higher levels of national narcissism than others. National narcissism is the belief that one’s nation is exceptional yet undervalued. It is related to several social ills, including conspiracy beliefs, intergroup aggression, extremism, and rejection of science. We theorized that national narcissism would be related to the nature of relations between countries. We expected it to be associated with higher levels of external conflict and lower levels of globalization. Using multilevel modeling across 56 countries (n = 50,757), we found that citizens of less globalized nations showed higher average national narcissism. However, external conflict was unrelated to national narcissism. We also tested whether citizens’ national narcissism was higher in countries led by populists but found no evidence for this effect. At the individual level, higher individual narcissism, self-esteem, and right-wing political orientation positively predicted higher national narcissism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-447
Number of pages	11
Journal	Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221103326
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by NCN (grant no. 2018/29/B/HS6/02826). Paulo Boggio was supported by CNPq (grant no. 311641/20150-6) and CAPES-PRINT (grant no. 88887.310255/2018-00). We thank the University of Kent Political Psychology Lab for helpful comments.

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by NCN (grant no. 2018/29/B/HS6/02826). Paulo Boggio was supported by CNPq (grant no. 311641/20150-6) and CAPES-PRINT (grant no. 88887.310255/2018-00). We thank the University of Kent Political Psychology Lab for helpful comments.

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collective narcissism
globalization
national identification
populism

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