According to a study published in Psychology and Aging and carried out in 750 people from 13 to 70 years of age, narcissism declines with age , and a key moment for this to happen is just when our access to the world of work begins.
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Narcissism was an almost irrelevant trend a few centuries ago. The feeling that you are important, that you can rule your destiny, and that you are worthy of good things if you work for it is relatively recent. However, it does not appear to be any greater now than it was in the early 20th century … and if adolescents seem more narcissistic it is simply because they always have been .
But, although it is every time I is more important in society, it is not in the same intensity all the time .
Thus, according to the study cited, the characteristics associated with narcissism, such as being sensitive to criticism and imposing your opinion on others, decrease with time and age.
As William Chopik , lead author of the study, explains:
In a sense, narcissists begin to realize that being like this isn’t smart if they want to have meaningful friends or relationships.
The study authors also hope that their research on how narcissism changes from adolescence to adulthood will help parents of adolescents and the general population understand that today’s adolescents are probably no more narcissistic than adolescents of previous generations. , in general terms.