Collective Narcissism as a Basis for Nationalism

Christopher M. Federico
Departments of Political Science and Psychology
University of Minnesota

Abstract: Recent work suggests that collective narcissism—an exaggerated, unrealistic belief in an in-group’s greatness that demands constant external validation—is a strong predictor of a variety of political attitudes. In the present study, we use nationally-representative panel data from Poland to examine the relationship between collective narcissism and nationalism. We first...