Is “Generation Me” Really More Narcissistic Than Previous Generations?

By Kali Trzesniewski, M. B. Donnellan, Richard W. Robins. 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Millennials at Work: What We Know and What We Need to Do (If Anything) (2010, background): “Trzesniewski et al. (2008) rightly point out that the increase in narcissism is based on data from college students at traditional 4-year universities which obviously does not adequately represent the full US population of Millennials.”
The Evidence for Generation We and Against Generation Me (2013, methodology): “For example, Trzesniewski, Donnellan, and Robins (2008a) examined patterns in self-esteem from 1976 to 2005, using data from the Monitoring the Future Project, a large annual survey that is representative of American high school seniors.”
The two faces of Narcissus? An empirical comparison of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (2011, background): “However, it is sometimes overlooked that Explicit Self-Esteem appears to have different relations with the various aspects of personality measured by the NPI (see Trzesniewski et al., 2008).”
Mirror, mirror on my boss’s wall: Engaged enactment’s moderating role on the relationship between perceived narcissistic supervision and work outcomes (2012, background): “Recent research has confirmed the pervasiveness of malevolent leadership behavior (Shao et al., 2011) marked by increases in workplace hostility (Trzesniewski et al., 2008), counterproductive work behavior (Tepper et al., 2011), corporate scandals (Lerner and Tetlock, 1999), and lapses in…”
Exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism in Youth: Examination of Associations with Antisocial Behavior and Aggression (2013, result): “These findings are also supported by that of previous research by Trzesniewski, Donnellan, and Robins (2008), which suggested the association between narcissism and aggression in youth is driven by the narcissist‟s entitlement, exhibitionist, and exploitativeness traits.”
What Does the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Really Measure? (2011, methodology): “It was also modified to assess individuals’ perceptions of their roommates’ levels of Extraversion (M = 3.53, SD = 0.88; α = .86), Neuroticism (M = 2.55, SD = 0.73; α = .83), Conscientiousness (M = 3.51, SD = 0.75; α = .85), Agreeableness (M = 3.93, SD = 0.79; α = .89), and Openness (M = 3.28, SD = ”
Narcissism and Leadership: A Meta-Analytic Review of Linear and Nonlinear Relationships (2015, unknown): “In addition, narcissists tend to be highly extraverted (Emmons, 1984; Paulhus, 1998; Trzesniewski et al., 2008), and extraversion is one of the most visible and most accurately perceived personality traits (Borkenau, Brecke, Mottig, & Paelecke, 2009; Connolly, Kavanagh, & Viswesvaran, 2007).”