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== Religion ==
== Religion ==
It was reported in 1990 that a meaningful amount of the generation was going back to [[church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1990/october-22/denominations-baby-boomers-rediscover-church.html|title=Baby Boomers Rediscover Church|accessdate=March 11, 2020|date=October 22, 1990|publisher=Christianity Today}}</ref>
It was reported in 1990 that a meaningful amount of the generation was going back to [[church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1990/october-22/denominations-baby-boomers-rediscover-church.html|title=Baby Boomers Rediscover Church|accessdate=March 11, 2020|date=October 22, 1990|publisher=Christianity Today}}</ref>
== Baby boomers, narcissism and the "me generation" ==
The baby boom generation is commonly referred to as the "me generation".<ref>Bristow, Jennie (2015). Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict. Macmillan Publishers.</ref> However, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester and published in the ''Journal of Personality'', baby boomers scored lower on measures of narcissism than millennials do.<ref>[https://medium.com/@ketoenergy23/baby-boomers-and-narcissism-the-real-science-6347a96d56e1#:~:text=You%20might%20think%20that%20baby,of%20narcissism%20than%20millennials%20do. Baby Boomers and Narcissism: The Real Science]</ref>
Christopher Lasch in his 1979 book ''The Culture of [[Narcissism]]'' contends that “every age has its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102133213/http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/berkeley/papers/39.pdf From “Compensation” to “Childhood Wonder”: Why Parents Buy, Allison J. Pugh, Working Paper No. 39, May 2002]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==