Generosity during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of collective narcissism

This study analyzes how a novel psychological factor-collective narcissism-affects giving behavior to national and international charities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that collective narcissists tended to keep more resources for themselves or national charities while giving less to international charities. In line with the group threat theory, this tendency is more pronounced in countries with a high share of foreign population. Our findings suggest that the shared experience of the global COVID-19 public health crisis did not blur the boundaries between ingroups and outgroups for collective narcissists. These results imply that mitigating outgroup hostility associated with collective narcissism is critical to strengthening cross-national solidarity during unprecedented crises. However, more contact with foreign nationals might not reduce the negative impact of collective narcissism.

A radiotherapy staff experience of gratitude during COVID-19 pandemic

• Medical staff from oncology units are at high risk of burnout during COVID-19 pandemic. • The sense of belonging to the group and the contacting emotions play a central role in reducing these risks. • Gratitude is related to well-involving people who practice and receive it. • During lockdown, we adopted gratitude-focused “inter-group contact” tool.