TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Double trouble: how sectarian and national narcissism relate differently to collective violence beliefs in Lebanon
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Abou-Ismail, Ramzi
A1  - Gronfeldt, Bjarki
A1  - Konur, Tamino
A1  - Cichocka, Aleksandra
A1  - Phillips, Joseph
A1  - Sengupta, Nikhil K.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Collective narcissism is a belief in ingroup greatness which is contingent on external validation. A lack of research on collective narcissism amongst non-Western contexts and minority groups remains a challenge for the field. However, here we test two types of collective narcissism (sectarian and national) as differential predictors of two dimensions of collective violence beliefs (against outgroup members and leaders) in a large, diverse, community sample from Lebanon (N = 778). We found that sectarian narcissism (narcissism related to smaller political and religious ingroup identity) predicted support for collective violence against members of different sects, while national narcissism predicted opposition to such collective violence. Neither form of collective narcissism had any significant relationship with collective violence against outgroup leaders. We controlled for both sectarian and national identification and found no significant effects in predicting either one of the two dimensions of collective violence beliefs. In this non-Western context, in which a coherent national identity is undermined by sectarianism, national narcissism seems to be a progressive motivator for unity and social change, while sectarian narcissism is rather associated with extreme attitudes, such as support for collective violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.22104
ID  - ref1
ER  -