Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka and Keenan, Oliver. 2024. Gender and National Collective Narcissism: Gender Asymmetries and Obstacles to Gender Equality. Sex Roles, 90(4), pp. 565-586. ISSN 0360-0025 [Article]

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To elucidate how ingroup identification is implicated in attitudes towards gender equality, it is important to consider that (1) people simultaneously identify with more (a nation) vs. less abstract groups (gender), and (2) gender collective narcissism is the specific aspect of ingroup identification likely to inspire opposite attitudes towards gender equality among men (negative) and women (positive), but (3) national narcissism is likely to align with men’s interests and inspire negative attitudes towards gender equality among men and women. In Study 1, we demonstrate that gender collective narcissism is the same variable among men and women. In Study 2, we show that among women (but not among men) in Poland, gender collective narcissism predicts intentions to engage in normative and non-normative collective action for gender equality. In Study 3, we show that gender collective narcissists among women endorse an egalitarian outlook, whereas gender collective narcissists among men reject it. In contrast, national narcissism predicts refusal to engage in collective action for gender equality and endorsement of an anti-egalitarian outlook among women and among men. Thus, national narcissism and gender collective narcissism among men impair pursuit of gender equality. Gender collective narcissism among women facilitates engagement in collective action for gender equality. Low gender collective narcissism among men and low national narcissism may also facilitate support for gender equality.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01443-8
Additional Information:	Funding: This project was supported by the Polish National Science Centre advanced research grant Maestro [2017/26/A/HS6/00647] awarded to Agnieszka Golec de Zavala.
Data Access Statement:	All datasets generated by this project, study materials and codes for analyses can be found at: https://osf.io/rvhyb/
Keywords:	Collective narcissism, gender equality, collective action
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 23 November 2023 Accepted 19 March 2024 Published Online April 2024 Published
Item ID:	35723
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2024 12:13
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 13:01
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35723

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