Communal Collective Narcissism in South American Context

Communal collective narcissism is likely to be affected by cultural factors especially strong in-group identification and subordination, collectivism and hierarchy. The current study examined Communal collective narcissism in six in rather collectivistic South American Countries: Brazil (N = 246), Chile (N = 353), Ecuador (N = 244), Mexico (N = 171), Peru (N = 210) and Uruguay (N = 136). Results indicated that the highest levels of Communal collective narcissism were reported in Peru and in Ecuador, followed by Chile and Mexico, and the lowest scores were informed in Brazil and Uruguay. Inflated collective self-esteem was a significant and positive predictor of communal collective narcissism in all the evaluated countries except of Uruguay, even when controlling for individual narcissistic tendencies. The current research makes an important contribution to our understanding of cross-cultural variability of communal collective narcissism and its predictors.

Key words: collective narcissism, Latin America, self-enhancement