March 9, 2007

Here's You Looking at You, Kid: Study Says Many Students Are Narcissists

By ERIC HOOVER

Poor Narcissus: He could only gaze into a pool. Today's college students can watch themselves endlessly on Flickr, MySpace, and YouTube on their 27-inch, flat-screen LCD monitors.

But does that make them narcissists?

Jean M. Twenge, an associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University, says gadgets and online social-networking sites have stoked the self-loving tendencies of modern students. Last week, Ms. Twenge revealed her findings from a study that describes

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