Born This Way? National Collective Narcissism, Implicit Homophobia, and Homosexual Essentialism in Populist Poland.

Lantos, D; Mole, RCM; Golec de Zavala, A

Born This Way? National Collective Narcissism, Implicit Homophobia, and Homosexual Essentialism in Populist Poland.

Lantos, D Mole, RCM Golec de Zavala, A

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Citation:: Arch Sex Behav, 2024, 53, (10), pp. 3907-3924
Issue Date:: 2024-08-16

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dc.contributor.author	Lantos, D
dc.contributor.author	Mole, RCM
dc.contributor.author	Golec de Zavala, A
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-02T00:47:48Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-29
dc.date.available	2024-12-02T00:47:48Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-16
dc.identifier.citation	Arch Sex Behav, 2024, 53, (10), pp. 3907-3924
dc.identifier.issn	0004-0002
dc.identifier.issn	1573-2800
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/182172
dc.description.abstract	Prejudice toward the LGBT community has become prevalent in Poland under the ultraconservative populist government. The results of three studies conducted between 2018 and 2019 (N1 = 879, N2 = 324, and N3 = 374) indicate that Polish collective narcissism-the belief that the exaggerated greatness of the nation is not recognized by others-is associated with implicit homophobia assessed as the intuitive disapproval of gay men and automatic evaluative preference of heterosexuality over homosexuality. Those associations were to a large extent explained by the relationships between collective narcissism and (1) the belief that groups defined by sexual orientations are essentially distinct; (2) the belief that homosexuality is a personal choice, not genetically determined or culturally universal. The experimental results of Study 3 indicated that inducing the belief that non-normative sexuality is genetically determined and culturally universal reduced automatic preference for heterosexuality over homosexuality (but not intuitive disapproval of gay men) across levels of collective narcissism (contrary to predictions). The obtained results complete the picture of the association of narcissistic beliefs about the nation and homophobia emerging from previous studies. National narcissism is linked not only to explicit but also to latent, implicit homophobia likely to be triggered by increased presence of national narcissism in public discourse. Moreover, national narcissism is linked to implicit homophobia, especially via the agentic belief that sexual orientation is a matter of choice. Changing this belief reduces implicit homophobia also among national narcissists.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
dc.relation.ispartof	Arch Sex Behav
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dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1699 Other Studies in Human Society, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Psychology
dc.subject.classification	4405 Gender studies
dc.subject.classification	5203 Clinical and health psychology
dc.subject.classification	5205 Social and personality psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Heterosexuality
dc.subject.mesh	Homosexuality
dc.subject.mesh	Homosexuality, Male
dc.subject.mesh	Narcissism
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Poland
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Homophobia
dc.subject.mesh	Sexual and Gender Minorities
dc.title	Born This Way? National Collective Narcissism, Implicit Homophobia, and Homosexual Essentialism in Populist Poland.
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1699 Other Studies in Human Society
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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dc.date.updated	2024-12-02T00:47:45Z
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Abstract:

Prejudice toward the LGBT community has become prevalent in Poland under the ultraconservative populist government. The results of three studies conducted between 2018 and 2019 (N1 = 879, N2 = 324, and N3 = 374) indicate that Polish collective narcissism-the belief that the exaggerated greatness of the nation is not recognized by others-is associated with implicit homophobia assessed as the intuitive disapproval of gay men and automatic evaluative preference of heterosexuality over homosexuality. Those associations were to a large extent explained by the relationships between collective narcissism and (1) the belief that groups defined by sexual orientations are essentially distinct; (2) the belief that homosexuality is a personal choice, not genetically determined or culturally universal. The experimental results of Study 3 indicated that inducing the belief that non-normative sexuality is genetically determined and culturally universal reduced automatic preference for heterosexuality over homosexuality (but not intuitive disapproval of gay men) across levels of collective narcissism (contrary to predictions). The obtained results complete the picture of the association of narcissistic beliefs about the nation and homophobia emerging from previous studies. National narcissism is linked not only to explicit but also to latent, implicit homophobia likely to be triggered by increased presence of national narcissism in public discourse. Moreover, national narcissism is linked to implicit homophobia, especially via the agentic belief that sexual orientation is a matter of choice. Changing this belief reduces implicit homophobia also among national narcissists.

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