Distress and retaliatory aggression in response to witnessing intergroup exclusion are greater on higher levels of collective narcissism.

ABSTRACT: The negative consequences of personal exclusion have been demonstrated by multiple studies. Less is known about the consequences of witnessing one's own group being excluded by other groups, although studies suggest exclusion can be experienced vicariously and negatively affects members of the excluded group. Results of the present lab-based experiment (N = 153) indicate, in line with our predictions, that witnessing intergroup exclusion (a national majority excluded by a minority, manipulated by an adapted intergroup Cyberball paradigm) produced a sense of personal exclusion. It also increased self-reported distress and behavioral aggression measured in the Taylor Aggression Paradigm), especially among participants high on collective narcissism: a belief that the exaggerated greatness of

SUBMITTER: Hase A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459248 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature