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''See also:'' [[Narcissism]] and [[Baby boom]] and [[Social influence]]

''See also:'' [[Narcissism]] and [[Baby boom]] and [[Social influence]]

The [[baby boom]] generation is commonly referred to as the "me generation".<ref>Bristow, Jennie (2015). Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict. Macmillan Publishers.</ref> Christopher Lasch, an American historian and social critic, asserted that North American society in the 1970s was a narcissistic society that worshipped fame and consumption, feared dependency/aging, and had possessed death anxiety.<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> 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>

The [[baby boom]] generation is commonly referred to as the "me generation".<ref>Bristow, Jennie (2015). Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict. Macmillan Publishers.</ref> Christopher Lasch, an American historian and social critic, asserted that North American society in the 1970s was a narcissistic society that worshipped fame and consumption, feared dependency/aging, and possessed [[death anxiety]].<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> 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>

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>

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>