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- Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the COVID-19 pandemicPublication . Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Sawicki, Artur; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Lifshin, Uri; Kretchner, Mabelle; Skowronski, John J.; Sedikides, Constantine; Jonason, Peter K.; Adamovic, Mladen; Ahmed, Oli; Atitsogbe, Kokou A.; Al-Shawaf, Laith; Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw; Ardi, Rahkman; Azam, Uzma; Babakr, Zana Hasan; Baldursson, Einar Baldvin; Bălțătescu, Sergiu; Bochaver, Konstantin; Bolatov, Aidos; Bonato, Mario; Bundhoo, Harshalini Y.; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Cowden, Richard G.; Counted, Victor; de Clunie, Gisela; Dragova-Koleva, Sonya; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gouveia, Valdiney V.; Gundolf, Katherine; Hamouda, Salima; Haretche, Carmen; Jeong, Evelyn Hye Kyung; Iliško, Dzintra; Malik, Najma Iqbal; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon; Jia, Fanli; Jovanović, Veljko; Jukić, Tomislav; Jukić, Doroteja Pavan; Kamble, Shanmukh V.; Khachatryan, Narine; Klicperova-Baker, Martina; Kogler, Christoph; Knezović, Emil; Koralov, Metodi; Kovacs, Monika; Eldesoki, Walaa Labib M.; Fernandez, Aitor Larzabal; Liik, Kadi; Malik, Sadia; Maltby, John; Malysheva, Karine; Mamuti, Agim; Mangafic, Jasmina; Moon, Chanki; Milfont, Taciano L.; Muehlbacher, Stephan; Najafi, Reza; Özsoy, Emrah; Park, Joonha; León, Pablo Pérez de; Solcova, Iva Polackova; Ramos-Diaz, Jano; Ridic, Goran; Riđić, Ognjen; Samekin, Adil; Spoto, Andrea; Starc, Andrej; Stefenel, Delia; Trà, Kiều Thị Thanh; Tiliouine, Habib; Tomšik, Robert; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Umeh, Charles S.; Wills-Herrera, Eduardo; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Vally, Zahir; Vauclair, Christin‐Melanie; Yahiiaiev, Illia; Zand, SomayehA 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.
- Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the worldPublication . Brzóska, Paweł; Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Nowak, Bartłomiej; Jonason, Peter K.; Sedikides, Constantine; Adamovic, Mladen; Atitsogbe, Kokou A.; Ahmed, Oli; Azam, Uzma; Bălțătescu, Sergiu; Bochaver, Konstantin; Bolatov, Aidos; Bonato, Mario; Counted, Victor; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Ramos-Diaz, Jano; Dragova-Koleva, Sonya; Eldesoki, Walaa Labib M.; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gouveia, Valdiney V.; Perez de Leon, Pablo; Iliško, Dzintra; Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.; Jia, Fanli; Jovanović, Veljko; Jukić, Tomislav; Khachatryan, Narine; Kovacs, Monika; Lifshin, Uri; Larzabal Fernandez, Aitor; Liik, Kadi; Malik, Sadia; Moon, Chanki; Muehlbacher, Stephan; Najafi, Reza; Oruç, Emre; Park, Joonha; Šolcová, Iva Poláčková; Ardi, Rahkman; Ridic, Ognjen; Ridic, Goran; Said, Yadgar Ismail; Starc, Andrej; Stefenel, Delia; Trà, Kiều Thị Thanh; Tiliouine, Habib; Tomšik, Robert; Torres-Marin, Jorge; Umeh, Charles S.; Wills-Herrera, Eduardo; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Vally, Zahir; Yahiiaiev, IlliaUnfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of these beliefs with an 8-item scale, using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. We obtained a two-factor model of unfounded (conspiracy and health) beliefs with good internal structure (average CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04), but a high correlation between the two factors (average latent factor correlation = 0.57). This model was replicable across 50 countries (total N = 13,579), as evidenced by metric invariance between countries (CFI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.06, SRMS = 0.07) as well as scalar invariance across genders (CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.04, SRMS = 0.03) and educational levels (CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.04, SRMS = 0.03). Also, lower levels of education, more fear of COVID-19, and more cynicism were weakly associated with stronger conspiracy and health beliefs. The study contributes to knowledge about the structure of unfounded beliefs, and reveals the potential relevance of affective (i.e., fear of COVID-19) and cognitive (i.e., cynicism) factors along with demographics, in endorsing such beliefs. In summary, we obtained cross-cultural evidence for the distinctiveness of unfounded conspiracy and health beliefs about COVID-19 in terms of their structure and correlates.