Mindful-Gratitude Practice Reduces Prejudice at High Levels of Collective Narcissism

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Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Keenan, Oliver; Ziegler, Matthias; Mazurkiewicz, Magdalena; Nalberczak-Skóra, Maria; Ciesielski, Pawel; Wahl, Julia E. and Sedikides, Constantine. 2024. Mindful-Gratitude Practice Reduces Prejudice at High Levels of Collective Narcissism. Psychological Science, 35(2), pp. 137-149. ISSN 0956-7976 [Article]

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This research tested the hypothesis that mindful-gratitude practice attenuates the robust association between collective narcissism and prejudice. In between-subjects Study 1 (nationally representative sample of 569 Polish adults, 313 women), 10 minutes of mindful-gratitude practice—compared to mindful-attention practice and control—did not decrease prejudice (anti-Semitism), but weakened the positive link between collective narcissism and prejudice. In preregistered randomized-controlled-trial Study 2 (convenience sample of 219 Polish adults, 168 women), a 6-week mobile-app supported training in daily mindful-gratitude practice decreased prejudice (anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment) and its link with collective narcissism, compared to a wait-list control. The hypothesis-consistent results emphasize the social relevance of mindful-gratitude practice, a time- and cost-effective intervention.

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Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231220902

Additional Information:

Funding: This work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre advanced research grant Maestro (No. 2017/26/A/HS6/00647) awarded to Agnieszka Golec de Zavala.

Data Access Statement:

Data availability statement: Data, analyses codes, and study materials are available in open access. Data deposition: Data, analyses codes, and Supplemental Material can be found at https://osf.io/t7kxa/?view_only=39c692dbf3034e1593b07906cf3e635a Pre-registration: Pre-registration of Study 2 can be found at https://osf.io/s9mwa/?view_only=69a9c0fe16154641b3f018568c8fa4e0

Keywords:

mindfulness, gratitude, collective narcissism, prejudice, anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, open data, open materials, preregistered

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology

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