Alexander Kunkle Coordinator of Advising and LearningMillennial Jesse Poole Assistant Director of Student SuccessMillennial Discuss Narcissism Discuss Millennials How we at WOU work with these students ID: 538774
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Narcissism. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Advising a Generation of Narcissists
Alexander Kunkle, Coordinator of Advising and Learning/MillennialJesse Poole, Assistant Director of Student Success/MillennialSlide2Slide3Discuss NarcissismDiscuss Millennials
How we at WOU work with these studentsObjectivesSlide4We are not licensed cliniciansNPD is a valid mental condition
We are talking traits, not diagnosisNarcissistic tendencies are not unique to Millennials
DisclaimersSlide5How many of you think you are narcissistic?
How many of you think your current undergraduate students are narcissists?Question?Slide6Narcissistic Personality Disorder (
NPD) is detailed by the Mayo Clinic as:RareFewer than 200,000 US cases per yearTreatment may help
Requires a medical diagnosisChronic: can last for years or be lifelongSymptoms include an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others' feelings, an inability to handle any criticism, and a sense of entitlement.
“True” NarcissismSlide7
Many people today exhibit something called “subclinical narcissism (Kluger, 2014). co-worker who loves to talk about herself, the friend at the cocktail party who entertains a crowd with his self-absorbed (but funny) stories,
the sibling that consistently shows up empty-handed at holidays. They are people who channel their love of themselves into a kind of infectious self-confidence, leading them to believe that it’s their world and everyone else is living in it.
The very word narcissist - once the stuff of
greek
mythology and psychology texts - has entered the cultural argot as a shorthand descriptor for all manner of unpleasant characters.
Narcissism “lite”Slide8Narcissism vs Narcissistic Traits
How many of you think millennials have/exhibit narcissistic traits?Reframe the questionSlide9
Someone must have at least five of these features, and it must be a long-term pattern, in order to be considered a narcissist (Twenge, 2009)Lacks empathy;
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance;---Has a sense of entitlement;Is interpersonally exploitative;Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her;
Requires excessive admiration;
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes;
Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions);
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
TraitsSlide10
Not every case of narcissism is the clinical, capital-N kind. Like all personality disorders, it exists on a sort of continuum, with people with ordinary self-esteem at one end, the floridly narcissistic at the other and uncounted little gradations in between (Kluger, 2014)Slide11Narcissist Personality Inventory (NPI)
40 QuestionsThe average person scores slightly below 16 on NPI (Kluger, 2014). Move above 20 and you're flirting with narcissism.
MeasuresSlide12
NPI seven subscales – Authority, exhibitionism, exploitativeness, entitlement,
self-sufficiency, superiority and vanity.Broadly, people diagnosed with narcissism can be divided into three groups: the power group,
the special-person group
and the grandiose-exhibitionist group.
MeasuresSlide13How many of you think millennials have/exhibit narcissistic traits?
Back to our Original QuestionSlide14
Born early 1980s – early 2000s7 core traits (Howe & Strauss, 2007)Special ShelteredConfident
Team-OrientedConventionalPressuredAchievingMillennialsSlide15Recast as special due to increased divorce and abortion rates
Youth-protection movementVery close to parentsRe-emergence of “in loco parentis “copurchasing
” college with parents, and believe heavily in reputation Who is at fault, students or “helicopter parents?”
Special/ ShelteredSlide16High levels of trust and optimism, leads to confidence
Must live up to “trophy kid” pressure to excel
Confident/ PressuredSlide17Interested in forming relationships and building bonds
Less concerned with concept of organized racial and gender norms/linesEager to volunteer for community service
Team OrientedSlide18Social rules can make things easier
Insistent on secure, regulated environmentsConventionally minded, verging on conformist thinking
ConventionalSlide19
Focused on achievement, on track to become bestFocused on grades and performanceIntensely focused on college admission processPacking their resume with extracurricular and summer activities
Talented in digital mobile technologiesDoes this amplify the assumption of narcissism?Capable of multi-tasking/task-jumping Interested in interactive learning
AchievingSlide20Millennials and Narcissism
Millennials 7 core traits
Special ShelteredConfidentTeam-OrientedConventionalPressured
Achieving
Narcissism
Lacks empathy;
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance;
Has a sense of entitlement;
Is interpersonally exploitative;
Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her;
Requires excessive admiration;
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes;
Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions);
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.Slide21
2013 vs 1976Slide22
"Each generation probably viewed the younglings as the most egocentric as opposed to older adults, that was probably true for people in the 1930s as it is true now (Grossman, 2013).”Individualism has been on rise 100+ years (Grossman, 2013).
Adults 60 years +ranked millennials at 65.3 on the 100-point ranked themselves at 26.5, older generations perceive the generation gap as wider, in their own favor (Grubbs, 2013).
Let’s not blame millennialsSlide23
Jean Twenge (2008) – Almost two-thirds of recent college students are above the mean 1979–1985 narcissism score, a 30% increase.NOTE: This is a 30% increase of the number of students above the mean, not in score.
In fact - the changes from generation to generation are subtle — the difference in 1 or 2 points (4-8%) on a 40-point narcissism scale (Grubbs, 2013).Let’s Look at the dataSlide24
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, 30 percent rise on 40 question NPIExample Question: “I am assertive” or “I wish I were more assertive” measure narcissism, self-esteem, or leadership?
Part of the problem with diagnosing narcissism is that it’s easy to confuse it with other types of behaviors.65 Year olds vs Millennials – younger people polled were asked about their current lives, over 65 were asked to remember how they behaved decades
Reliable?
Dive DeeperSlide25University of Illinois (2010)
Looked at narcissism rates with age and life stages;narcissistic behavior was related not to generation, but to age-related developmental stages; every generation of younger people are more narcissistic than their elders.Adolescent to emerging adulthood.
If not in the data? Then what are we seeing?Slide26If as University of Illinois (2010) explained, that narcissism is related to developmental stages, then how does it fit into Student Development Theory, and how to we use it as advisors?
What we can do with student development theorySlide27Theory of Identity Development
7 Vectors of Development:Developing CompetenceManaging EmotionsMoving through Autonomy toward InterdependenceDeveloping Mature Interpersonal Relationships
Establishing IdentityDeveloping PurposeDeveloping Integrity
ChickeringSlide28
Sanford’s Theory of Challenge and Support Important Note: Not a stand alone theory. Used within student development theory to push development through phases.To learn and develop students need equitable challenge and support.
Too much challenge = paralysis and retreatToo much support = complacency and lack of growth
Challenge and SupportSlide29Open-ended questions
PositiveAchieve goals, dreams, potentialAppreciative AdvisingSlide30Crookston (1972)
Developmental academic advising recognizes the importance of interactions between the student and the campus environment, it focuses on the whole person, and it works with the student at that person's own life stage of development.
Developmental AdvisingSlide31Scenario
- Students have an issue they believe cannot be solved- Results in denial or mental paralysis- Ex: "I'll do better the third time I take biology"- Ex: "My parents will be disappointed if I'm not a doctor"
Tool- The Miracle Question- Created in 1988 by Steve De Shazer- Helps create therapeutic goals- Switches attention to how life will be AFTER the problem is solved, focusing on the desired future rather than the undesired present
- Ignores the barriers of 'how' it will be solved and looks at how they will live when it is solved
The Miracle QuestionSlide32Scenario
- The student can't imagine being anything else- Mental paralysis immunity to change- Ex: "I must get into nursing school"- Ex: "I am going to be an FBI agent"
Tool- The Squiggly Line- Draw your own lifeline to show students- Claudia Batten (former NZ lawyer and now entrepreneur)- www.squigglylife.com
- Students believe live is linear
The Squiggly LineSlide33Millennials have narcissistic tendencies, but not at as high of level as older generations detail.
Narcissism can be considered a developmental trait, often effecting adolescence and emerging adulthood.Variety of theories can be used to work with these students, but most should focus on goals and achievement, and be ready for re-establishing identity after initial struggles.
Recap Slide34Questions?