Collective Narcissism

About PrejudiceLab

We are an interdisciplinary research team of social psychologists, neuropsychologists and psychophysiologists. We work on topics related to collective narcissism, prejudice and intergroup conflicts, as well as other issues associated with intergroup relations. Our mission is to apply psychological insights to real-world problems, such as intergroup conflicts, intergroup exclusion or political radicalization.

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New article published in Psychophysiology

Our recent article Distress and retaliatory aggression in response to witnessing intergroup exclusion are greater on higher levels of collective narcissism is available online!

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New article published in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Agnieszka Golec de Zavala andOliver Keenan published an article Collective narcissism and weakening of American democracy in ASAP. Congratulations!

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Dr Golec de Zavala give an interview in Krytyka Polityczna

Dr Agnieszka Golec de Zavala gave a talk „Podziw i uznanie nam się po prostu należą!” Dlaczego narcyzm uwodzi nas bardziej niż nacjonalizm in Krytyka Polityczna.

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Grzegorz Sroczyński podcast - the talk with Dr Agnieszka Golec de Zavala

The talk of Grzegorz Sroczyński and Agnieszka Golec de Zavala in TokFM about 'Czym jest narcyzm narodowy i kto na niego cierpi?' is available online.

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Scott Barry Kaufman wrote in The Atlantic about Collective Narcissism in concept proposed, and studied, by Agnieszka Golec de Zavala

If you want to know more about what Collective Narcissism does to society, read Scott B. Kaufman, who briefly wrote about Collective Narcissism in concept proposed, and studied, by Agnieszka Golec de Zavala,

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Lecture by Agnieszka Golec de Zavala GENDER-POLAND-PLAGUE

The speech was moderated by Jacek Żakowski (Collegium Civitas, "Polityka"), conducted in Polish. The topic proposed related to how the pandemic changes our group narcissism.

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Dr Agnieszka Golec de Zavala

Head of PrejudiceLab

Reader, Goldsmith, University of London, United Kingdom; University Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poznan, Poland; Visiting Professor, ISCTE-CIS, Lisbon, Portugal.

Mindful gratitude meditation as an intervention to address collective narcissists hostility in the face of intergroup exclusion

This project examines whether mindful gratitude meditation - the practice of grateful appreciation of the present moment – reduces aggression among people who use aggression to retaliate to exclusion in intergroup relations i.e. collective narcissists.

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Latest posts

Read our last posts! Stay tuned for the updates on work of our team!

Conspiracy theories, collective narcissism – what do they have in common?

ISPP Annual Meeting 2022 Panel Submission