Narcissism in Young People

English Paper – New Narcissism _Introduce the subject of ”New Narcissism” by giving a brief account of the phenomenon as it is described in text 1._ ”I can live my life any way I want to” or ”_If I ruled the world, i__t would be a better place”_, are examples of the typical answers, of a narcissist person. Words as self-conscious, self-centered and egocentric are words you can use to describe a narcissist. Professor Jean Twenge from the San Diego State University says, after an examination, that ”...two-thirds of the students scored above average of narcissism.”(p.2, line.28-29), which tells us that the narcissism is on the increase. Many young people nowadays feel they can do anything, and a good example could be the series of The X Factor, where more than 150,000 people participated in the hope of success. The participants were convinced that they deserved success despite their transparent lack of talent, which they not could see themselves. In brief, narcissists are the people who choose a mirror if they are allowed to take a personal belonging to a desert island. Compare the views on narcissism presented in texts 2 and 3, and comment on how those views are substantiated. Two studies have been conducted on narcissism, but the conclusions are completely different. Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego University has studied 16.475 students from across the country from 1982 to 2006. And she has come to the conclusion that students have become drastically more narcissistic. Psychologist Kali Tresniewski of The University of Western Ontario and her colleagues Brent Donnellan and Richard Robins has also researched the prevalence of narcissism, but the conclusion was different. They have studied over 25.000 students from 1996 to 2007, and then compared to similar studies conducted in the late 1970’s to mid 1980’s. They did not find any evidence pointing towards an increase in narcissism among students. This may be due to the difference