Is patriotism helpful to fight the crisis? The role of constructive patriotism, conventional patriotism, and glorification amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

We examined the link between constructive patriotism, glorification, and conventional patriotism and COVID-19-related attitudes and behaviors at different stages of the pandemic in Poland. In Study 1 ( = 663), was positively associated with support for (e.g., raising awareness about health practices). was negatively linked to support for such measures and positively connected to support for (e.g., closing the borders). In Study 2 ( = 522), constructive patriots showed greater and . In Study 3 ( = 633), the for fighting the crisis to and particularly to underlined the link between constructive patriotism and compliance with health practices. Additionally, constructive patriotism was linked to support for international collaboration. Study 4 ( = 1051), conducted on a representative sample, further corroborated these findings. The results regarding conventional patriotism were not consistent across studies.