Wimmenhove, Lisette (2024) The Role of Collective Narcissism in the Effect of Personal Accounts on Empathy Towards Refugees. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
As of now, the conflict in Ukraine has led to the displacement of nearly 6 million Ukrainian residents throughout Europe. However, varying levels of empathy are observed among different countries accepting these refugees. The current thesis aims to investigate the direct effects of collective narcissism and exposure to personal narratives of the war on empathy towards Ukrainian refugees. Furthermore, we tested whether participants’ level of collective narcissism interacted with the effect of exposure to personal stories on empathy levels. A total of 225 Irish citizens filled out an online questionnaire employing a quasi-experimental design. They completed the collective narcissism scale and were exposed to either a video with personal accounts of the war (experimental condition) or a video about art museums (control condition). Subsequently, they completed the empathy scale. We conducted a full-factorial ANCOVA, and the results revealed a positive direct effect of the experimental manipulation on empathy and a negative direct effect of collective narcissism on empathy. However, no significant interaction was found between collective narcissism and the effect of the experimental manipulation on empathy. This indicates that participants exposed to the war stories (vs. control group) reported higher empathy, whereas those higher (vs. lower) in collective narcissism reported lower empathy regardless of experimental manipulation. The interaction effect not being significant suggests that confronting people with first-hand accounts of refugees may counteract the negative effect of collective narcissism on empathy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Borinca, I. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2024 12:29 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2024 12:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3003 |
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