Are today's college students more narcissistic?

by **Brent Burns** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:36 am

Study: College students more narcissistic

After reading this article, the answer would be yes and no. There should be studies of college students in other countries. There should be other narcissistic students/people in other parts of the world.

Would you agree with the study presented?

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by **Jolly Roger** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:51 am

decided to bite my tongue.

by **benji** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:03 pm

Results are always iffy in these types of studies. Being that a good portion of the respondents were most likely involved in the Psych. Departments at their respective institutions, the general collegiate population was probably not represented in the sample.

Be that as it may, you have to wonder what would inspire a researcher to do such a study. Researcher bias could have certainly played a role.

You have to wonder if having a generally more narcissitic pool of college students would really be a bad thing ... With the way corporate ladders and inter-office competition works these days, being a little narcissitic might actually work to one's advantage.

by **shrekjr** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:24 pm

My first thought would be, "yes, it's true". However, what generation of parents doesn't feel this way. I remember the same thing being said by my parents 20 years ago, and I believe my grandparents would have said the same thing about their kids. I do believe it is a trend in society that simply grows more with each new generation for a variety of reasons. American society teaches us to "be all we can be", "never settle for less", "don't let anyone tell you that you can't do whatever you set your mind to". As it relates to sports, parents pay hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each summer sending kids to specialty sports camps then refuse to believe their child isn't the best because their kid went to camp! There is a fine line between raising kids on a long leash while wanting them to have a better life than you did, and raising kids on a short leash because you want them to have a better life than you did. Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer.

by **horn17** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:39 pm

shrekjr wrote: Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer.

Ah......your wrong here....dont have kids - then you dont have to worry about it... :lol:

by **Timbalaned** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:11 pm

This study is all wrong, and I know that because I am right and I know I am special

by **Jana** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:52 pm

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they allow disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children now are tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

quote attributed to Socrates, by Plato.

So it was, and so it always shall be...

by **forever lsu30** on Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:38 pm

college kids are idiots. but their drinks are cheap at thier bars...

i miss those days...

by **GrayBear** on Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:44 am

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they allow disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children now are tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

quote attributed to Socrates, by Plato.

So it was, and so it always shall be...

Thank you. That is reassuring.

I think.

by **LaxRef** on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:51 am

Jana wrote:"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they allow disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children now are tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

quote attributed to Socrates, by Plato.

So it was, and so it always shall be...

The amazing thing is that no one knew what Socrates was saying because the English language hadn't been invented yet. But they wrote it down phonetically in hopes that someday someone would invent it and they could figure out what the hell he was babbling about.