Refugees unwelcome : narcissistic and secure national commitment differentially predict collective action against immigrants and refugees
Abstract
Two studies (N1 = 193; N2 = 598) were conducted in Poland to examine the role of two types of ingroup commitment (i.e., national narcissism and national identification) as predictors of atti-tudes towards immigrants and refugees (disadvantaged groups) and intentions to engage in collective action against them. As predicted, national narcissism (but not national identification) was related to more hostile intergroup attitudes and greater willingness to engage in collective action against refugees and immigrants. The positive effect of national narcissism on intentions to engage in collective action against immigrants and refugees was mediated by attitudes towards those groups. These results show that applying a more fine-grained approach to ingroup commitment (e.g., national narcissism vs. national identification) among advantaged group members allows for a better understanding of their intergroup attitudes and behavioral intentions to actively oppose the rights of disadvantaged social groups via collective action.
Citation
Gorska , P , Stefaniak , A , Marchlewska , M , Matera , J , Kocyba , P , Lukianow , M , Malinowska , K & Lipowska , K 2022 , ' Refugees unwelcome : narcissistic and secure national commitment differentially predict collective action against immigrants and refugees ' , International Journal of Intercultural Relations , vol. 86 , pp. 258-271 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.11.009
Publication
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0147-1767Type
Journal article
Description
Funding information: The preparation of this paper was supported by the National Science Centre Poland Opus grant (UMO-2017/25/B/HS6/01116) and Harmonia grant (UMO-2017/26/M/HS6/00689) conferred to the first author as well as the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research grant (01UL1816X) conferred to the fifth author.Collections
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