[Missing from this story is any discussion of the effects of a quarter
century of neo-capitalism that has increased the gap between success and
failure, damaged community and eliminated safety nets. Growing
population has had an impact as well. Such factors have made it harder
being a student these days, encouraging more competitiveness and less
cooperation and weaker community. Add to that the atomization of life
encouraged by modern media and you've got quite a problem.]
DAVID CRARY, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Today's college students are more
narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a
comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend
could be harmful to personal relationships and American society. . .
The researchers describe their study as the largest ever of its type and
say students' inventory scores have risen steadily since the test was
introduced in 1982. By 2006, they said, two-thirds of the students had
above-average scores, 30 percent more than in 1982. . .
The study asserts that narcissists "are more likely to have romantic
relationships that are short-lived, at risk for infidelity, lack
emotional warmth, and to exhibit game-playing, dishonesty, and
over-controlling and violent behaviors.". . .
The researchers traced the phenomenon back to what they called the
"self-esteem movement" that emerged in the 1980s, asserting that the
effort to build self-confidence had gone too far. As an example, Twenge
cited a song commonly sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques" in preschool:
"I am special, I am special. Look at me.". . .
The new report follows a study released by the University of California
at Los Angeles last month that found that nearly three-quarters of the
freshmen it surveyed thought it was important to be "very well-off
financially." That compared with 62.5 percent who said the same in 1980,
and 42 percent in 1966.
Yet students, while acknowledging some legitimacy to such findings,
don't necessarily accept negative generalizations .
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/27/
study_finds_students_narcissistic?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News
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century of neo-capitalism that has increased the gap between success and
failure, damaged community and eliminated safety nets. Growing
population has had an impact as well. Such factors have made it harder
being a student these days, encouraging more competitiveness and less
cooperation and weaker community. Add to that the atomization of life
encouraged by modern media and you've got quite a problem.]
DAVID CRARY, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Today's college students are more
narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a
comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend
could be harmful to personal relationships and American society. . .
The researchers describe their study as the largest ever of its type and
say students' inventory scores have risen steadily since the test was
introduced in 1982. By 2006, they said, two-thirds of the students had
above-average scores, 30 percent more than in 1982. . .
The study asserts that narcissists "are more likely to have romantic
relationships that are short-lived, at risk for infidelity, lack
emotional warmth, and to exhibit game-playing, dishonesty, and
over-controlling and violent behaviors.". . .
The researchers traced the phenomenon back to what they called the
"self-esteem movement" that emerged in the 1980s, asserting that the
effort to build self-confidence had gone too far. As an example, Twenge
cited a song commonly sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques" in preschool:
"I am special, I am special. Look at me.". . .
The new report follows a study released by the University of California
at Los Angeles last month that found that nearly three-quarters of the
freshmen it surveyed thought it was important to be "very well-off
financially." That compared with 62.5 percent who said the same in 1980,
and 42 percent in 1966.
Yet students, while acknowledging some legitimacy to such findings,
don't necessarily accept negative generalizations .
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/27/
study_finds_students_narcissistic?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News
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