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Wojciech Podsiadłowski1, Paulina Górska1, Marta Marchlewska2
1Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|December 15, 2025
Summary
Collective narcissism links to nonnormative action via managing others' emotions, while secure ingroup identity links to normative action through prosocial emotion management.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Collective Behavior
- Emotion Regulation
Background:
- Ingroup identity and collective action are crucial in social dynamics.
- Emotion regulation strategies influence individual and group behavior.
- Understanding the interplay between identity, emotion, and action is vital.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the mediating roles of emotion regulation in the relationship between ingroup identity and collective action.
- To differentiate between prosocial and nonprosocial emotion management in collective contexts.
- To examine these relationships across diverse national and political identities.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional studies conducted in Poland (2021, 2022) and the U.S. (2023).
- Surveys administered to representative and convenience samples (N=1230 total).
- Statistical mediation analyses to test proposed relationships.
Main Results:
- Nonprosocial emotion management significantly mediated the link between collective narcissism and nonnormative collective action.
- Prosocial emotion management significantly mediated the link between secure ingroup identification and normative collective action.
- Findings were consistent across different samples and contexts, including an extreme case.
Conclusions:
- Emotion regulation strategies are key mediators connecting ingroup identity to collective action types.
- Distinguishing between prosocial and nonprosocial emotion management offers nuanced insights.
- The research highlights the importance of integrating emotion regulation and collective action literature.
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