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Study: College Students More Narcissistic

(Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University)...and her colleagues, in findings to be presented at a workshop Tuesday in San Diego on the generation gap, examined the responses of 16,475 college students nationwide who completed an evaluation called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory between 1982 and 2006.

Narcissism can have benefits, said study co-author W. Keith Campbell of the University of Georgia, suggesting it could be useful in meeting new people "or auditioning on 'American Idol.'"

"Current technology fuels the increase in narcissism," Twenge said. "By its very name, MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube."

Hanady Kader, a University of Washington senior... is dismayed by the competitiveness of some students who seem prematurely focused on career status.
"We're encouraged a lot to be individuals and go out there and do what you want, and nobody should stand in your way," Kader said. "I can see goals and ambitions getting in the way of other things like relationships."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070227/self-centered-students

thanks Conscientious

~"What do we want!?" "None of your business, losers!"
"When do we want it!?" "You're killing my buzz, blocking my view and breathing my air. Who are you people?"

(I've a "fetish" for narcissists. I like to see that rare look on their faces when something happens that makes them almost understand they might not be the center of the universe. Those moments are sometimes worth the exhaustion one always feels before, (during) and after spending time with them.
It's like seeing the sun's corona during an eclipse.)

An Eclipse from Mir

The Mir space station sent back this amazing image of an eclipse's shadow racing across Earth. Image courtesy of: NASA @

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Posted by Stubbornson at February 27, 2007 09:09 AM