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Agnieszka is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths. She is a member of the AcademiaNet. The Portal for to Excellent Women Academics (http://www.academia-net.org). She has contributed to several diverse research areas, including psychological predictors of political conservatism, the role of motivated cognition in intergroup conflict, social identity, narcissism and collective narcissisms. The breadth of her work is not only seen in scientific contributions, but also in her engagement to use psychological science to address social problems such as social inequalities and prejudice. She is a recipient of several prestigious scholarship including Fulbright Scholarship and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Scholarship. She frequently works as independent expert evaluating proposals submitted to Research Executive Agency (REA) at the European Commission.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Agnieszka Golec de Zavala

Citation names

  • Zavala, Agnieszka

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D31A-B329-BA69
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7631-9486
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=wBN-ql0AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Russian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
1999
Concluded
 Graduate School of Social Research at Polish Academy of Sciences (Doutoramento)
Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
"Levels of development of political thinking and attitudes towards political conflict in neutral and emotional conditions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 PhD
1994
Concluded
 MA in Psychology (Mestrado)
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Poland
"Personhood development in the context of relativistic values." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 MA with distinction
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012 - 2013 Researcher (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Coordinating Researcher (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/09/30 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
2015 - 2018 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2005/07/31 - 2011/12/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
2005/08/01 - 2007/12/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny, Poland
2005/08/01 - 2007/01/01 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
2000/10/01 - 2005/07/31 Assistant (University Teacher) SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny, Poland
1999/11/01 - 2005/07/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Independent Researcher, Marie Curie Career Development Fellow ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
1997/10/01 - 2007/10/01 Lecturer (hourly paid) SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny, Poland
2004/10/01 - 2005/02/01 Lecturer (hourly paid) Kozminski School of Business and Administration, Poland
1994/10/03 - 1999/10/28 PhD student Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/06 - 2023/05 Mindfulness as an intervention to reduce the link between collective narcissism and aggression after intergroup exclusion
2017/26/A/HS6/00647
 National Science Centre
2018 - 2019 Homophobia and collective narcissism in contemporary Poland
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Principal investigator
Concluded
2016 - 2019 Narcissistic ingroup love in Europe: threat, identity indispensability and extreme forms of national identification
PTDC/MHC-PSO/0144/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/07/01 - 2015 (Not only) Ethnic cleansing: Embodiment of prejudice as physical cleaning
PTDC/MHC-PSO/5141/2012
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2014 The Scent of Bigotry
Principal investigator
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka. "Collective Narcissism: Antecedents and Consequences of Exaggeration of the In-Group Image". In Handbook of Trait Narcissism, 79-88. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-92171-6_8
  2. Zavala, Agnieszka. "Cognitive skills and motivation to adapt to social change among Polish politicians". edited by Ashley Weinberg, 76-96. Cambridge University Press ({CUP, 2012.
    10.1017/cbo9781139026482.007
Journal article
  1. Marchlewska, Marta; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Jaworska, Manana; Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Bilewicz, Michal. "Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty". British Journal of Social Psychology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12367.
    10.1111/bjso.12367
  2. Dyduch-Hazar, Karolina; Mrozinski, Blazej; Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka. "Collective Narcissism and In-Group Satisfaction Predict Opposite Attitudes Toward Refugees via Attribution of Hostility". Frontiers in Psychology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01901.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01901
  3. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Federico, Christopher M.; Sedikides, Constantine; Guerra, Rita; Lantos, Dorottya; Mrozinski, Blazej; Cypryanska, Marzena; Baran, Tomasz. "Low self-esteem predicts out-group derogation via collective narcissism, but this relationship is obscured by in-group satisfaction.". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000260.
    10.1037/pspp0000260
  4. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka. "Collective Narcissism and In-Group Satisfaction Are Associated With Different Emotional Profiles and Psychological Wellbeing". Frontiers in Psychology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00203.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00203
  5. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Dyduch-Hazar, Karolina; Lantos, Dorottya. "Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self-Worth in the Ingroup’s Image". Political Psychology 40 S1 (2019): 37-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pops.12569.
    10.1111/pops.12569
  6. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Federico, Christopher M.. "Collective narcissism and the growth of conspiracy thinking over the course of the 2016 United States presidential election: A longitudinal analysis". European Journal of Social Psychology 48 7 (2018): 1011-1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2496.
    10.1002/ejsp.2496
  7. Federico, Christopher M; de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec. "Collective Narcissism and the 2016 US Presidential Vote". Public Opinion Quarterly 82 1 (2018): 110-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfx048.
    10.1093/poq/nfx048
  8. Cichocka, Aleksandra; de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Marchlewska, Marta; Bilewicz, Michal; Jaworska, Manana; Olechowski, Mateusz. "Personal control decreases narcissistic but increases non-narcissistic in-group positivity". Journal of Personality 86 3 (2017): 465-480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12328.
    10.1111/jopy.12328
  9. Cichocka A; de Zavala AG; Marchlewska M; Bilewicz M; Jaworska M; Olechowski M. "Personal control decreases narcissistic but increases non-narcissistic in-group positivity.". Journal of personality (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28542910.
    10.1111/jopy.12328
  10. Golec de Zavala A; Guerra R; Simão C. "The Relationship between the Brexit Vote and Individual Predictors of Prejudice: Collective Narcissism, Right Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation.". Frontiers in Psychology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29230185.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02023
  11. Golec de Zavala A; Lantos D; Bowden D. "Yoga Poses Increase Subjective Energy and State Self-Esteem in Comparison to 'Power Poses'.". Frontiers in psychology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28553249.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00752
  12. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Peker, Müjde; Guerra, Rita; Baran, Tomasz. "Collective Narcissism Predicts Hypersensitivity to In-group Insult and Direct and Indirect Retaliatory Intergroup Hostility". European Journal of Personality 30 6 (2016): 532-551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2067.
    10.1002/per.2067
  13. Cichocka A; Marchlewska M; Golec de Zavala A; Olechowski M. "'They will not control us': Ingroup positivity and belief in intergroup conspiracies.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26511288.
    10.1111/bjop.12158
  14. Cichocka, A.; Marchlewska, M.; Golec, A.. "Does self-love or self-hate predict conspiracy beliefs? Narcissism, self-esteem, and the endorsement of conspiracy theories". Social Psychological and Personality Science (2016): http://spp.sagepub.com/content/7/2/157.
    10.1177/1948550615616170
  15. Cichocka, Aleksandra; Marchlewska, Marta; de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec. "Does Self-Love or Self-Hate Predict Conspiracy Beliefs? Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories". Social Psychological and Personality Science 7 2 (2015): 157-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550615616170.
    10.1177/1948550615616170
  16. Cypryanska M; Krejtz I; Jaskólowska A; Kulawik A; Zukowska A; De Zavala AG; Niewiarowski J; Nezlek JB. "An experimental study of the influence of limited time horizon on positivity effects among young adults using eye-tracking.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25457091.
    10.2466/02.PR0.115c28z8
  17. Golec, A.; Waldzus, S.; Cypryanska, M.. "Prejudice towards gay men and a need for physical cleansing". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2014): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103114000432.
    10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.001
  18. de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Bilewicz, Michal. "The Paradox of In-Group Love: Differentiating Collective Narcissism Advances Understanding of the Relationship Between In-Group and Out-Group Attitudes". Journal of Personality 81 1 (2013): 16-28.
    10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00779.x
  19. Cichocka, Aleksandra; de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Kofta, Mirek; Rozum, Joanna. "Threats to Feminist Identity and Reactions to Gender Discrimination". Sex Roles 68 9-10 (2013): 605-619.
    10.1007/s11199-013-0272-5
  20. Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Iskra-Golec, Irena. "Collective narcissism moderates the effect of in-group image threat on intergroup hostility.". Journal of personality and social psychology 104 6 (2013): 1019-39.
    10.1037/a0032215
  21. Cypryanska, Marzena; Bedynska, Sylwia; de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec. "The Role of Similarity and Dissimilarity Focus in Sequential Judgments of Physical Attractiveness". Journal of Social Psychology 152 3 (2012): 266-269.
    10.1080/00224545.2011.609846
  22. de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Cichocka, Aleksandra. "Collective narcissism and anti-Semitism in Poland". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 15 2 (2012): 213-229.
    10.1177/1368430211420891
  23. De Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Orehek, Edward; Abdollahi, Abdolhossein. "Intrinsic religiosity reduces intergroup hostility under mortality salience". European Journal of Social Psychology 42 4 (2012): 451-461.
    10.1002/ejsp.1843
  24. Agnieszka Golec de Zavala. "Collective Narcissism and Intergroup Hostility: The Dark Side of ‘In-Group Love’". Social and Personality Psychology Compass 5 6 (2011): 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1751-9004.2011.00351.x.
    10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00351.x
  25. de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Kossowska, Malgorzata. "Correspondence between images of terrorists and preferred approaches to counterterrorism: The moderating role of ideological orientations". European Journal of Social Psychology 41 4 (2011): 538-549.
    10.1002/ejsp.810
  26. Cheng, Cecilia; Jose, Paul E.; Sheldon, Kennon M.; Singelis, Theodore M.; Cheung, Mike W. L.; Tiliouine, Habib; Alao, Amos A.; et al. "Sociocultural Differences in Self-Construal and Subjective Well-Being: A Test of Four Cultural Models". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 42 5 (2011): 832-855.
    10.1177/0022022110381117
  27. De Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Cislak, Aleksandra; Wesolowska, Elzbieta. "Political Conservatism, Need for Cognitive Closure, and Intergroup Hostility". Political Psychology 31 4 (2010): 521-541.
    10.1111/j.1467-9221.2010.00767.x
  28. de Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Eidelson, Roy; Jayawickreme, Nuwan. "Collective Narcissism and Its Social Consequences". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 97 6 (2009): 1074-1096.
    10.1037/a0016904
  29. De Zavala, Agnieszka Golec; Federico, Christopher M.; Cislak, Aleksandra; Sigger, Jonathan. "Need for closure and competition in intergroup conflicts: Experimental evidence for the mitigating effect of accessible conflict-schemas". European Journal of Social Psychology 38 1 (2008): 84-105.
    10.1002/ejsp.438
  30. Agnieszka Golec de Zavala; Agnieszka Van Bergh. "Need for Cognitive Closure and Conservative Political Beliefs: Differential Mediation by Personal Worldviews". Political Psychology 28 5 (2007): 587-608. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9221.2007.00591.x.
    10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00591.x
  31. Federico, CM; Golec, A; Dial, JL. "The relationship between the need for closure and support for military action against Iraq: Moderating effects of national attachment". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 31 5 (2005): 621-632.
    10.1177/0146167204271588
  32. Golec, A; Federico, CM. "Understanding responses to political conflict: Interactive effects of the need for closure and salient conflict schemas". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 87 6 (2004): 750-762.
    10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.750
  33. Agnieszka Golec. "Cognitive Skills as Predictor of Attitudes Toward Political Conflict: A Study of Polish Politicians". Political Psychology 23 4 (2002): 731-757. https://doi.org/10.1111%2F0162-895x.00305.
    10.1111/0162-895x.00305
  34. Golec, A. "Cognitive skills as predictor of attitudes toward political conflict: A study of Polish politicians". Political Psychology 23 4 (2002): 731-757.
    10.1111/0162-895X.00305

Other

Dataset
  1. Zavala, Agnieszka. Political Predisposition Measure.
    10.1111/jopy.12136
  2. Zavala, Agnieszka. Strengthening Narcissistic In-Group Identification.
    10.1037/e509552012-001
  3. Zavala, Agnieszka. National Attachment Measure.
    10.1037/t17675-000
  4. Zavala, Agnieszka. Collective Narcissism Scale.
    10.1037/t02871-000
Other output
  1. In-group love and mimicry in intergroup relations: Collective narcissists reduce mimicry of anger.. 2017. Waldzus, S.; Golec, A.; Murteira, C.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-in-group-love-and-mimicry-in-intergroup-relations-collective-narcissists-reduce-mimicry-of-anger/43811?lang=en.
  2. Mimicry in intergroup relations: How is collective narcissism related with mimicry of anger?. 2017. Murteira, C.; Golec, A.; Waldzus, S.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-mimicry-in-intergroup-relations-how-is-collective-narcissism-related-with-mimicry-of-anger/43812?lang=en.
  3. Ingroup love and mimicry in intergroup relations: Collective narcissists respond with anger under intergroup threat. 2016. Murteira, C.; Golec, A.; Waldzus, S.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-ingroup-love-and-mimicry-in-intergroup-relations-collective-narcissists-respond-with-anger-under/52036?lang=en.
  4. Mimicry in intergroup relations: exploring the mechanisms behind reduced mimicry towards outgroup members.. 2016. Murteira, C.; Golec, A.; Waldzus, S.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-mimicry-in-intergroup-relations-exploring-the-mechanisms-behind-reduced-mimicry-towards-outgroup/52035?lang=en.
  5. The scent of bigotry: Does environmental smell influence implicit prejudice?. 2014. Murteira, C.; Golec, A.; Simão, C.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-the-scent-of-bigotry-does-environmental-smell-influence-implicit-prejudice-/52034?lang=en.
  6. Collective Narcissism. 2011. Agnieszka Golec de Zavala.
    10.1002/9780470672532.wbepp038
Distinctions

Other distinction

2006 Travel grant to participate in alumni conference
2006 Overseas conference travel award
The British Academy, United Kingdom
2006 Fellowship Grant
2005 Summer Institute Fellowship
2004 Visiting Scholar Scholarship
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Netherlands
2003 Scholarship for young researchers
1998 Research scholarship
1998 Fulbright Scholarship for Junior Researchers
1997 Research Scholarship
1996 Research scholarship
1996 Scholarship to to participate in Summer Institute in Political Psychology Ohio State University, Columbus Summer Institute