Wednesday, August 2, 2017

"Younger people have a more entitled attitude"

I pulled THIS off the Guardian.  I am working on an "ANTIFA" article and this will be one of the lead in to the ANTIFA article that I am working on. 


Research has discovered that large amounts of young people are developing an entitlement complex.
The psychological trend comes from the belief that you are superior to others and are more deserving of certain things.
This form of narcissism has some significant consequences such as disappointment and a tendency to lash out.
Psychology Today reports that some examples of entitlement range from the disregard of rules, freeloading, causing inconveniences and like to assume the role of leader when working in groups.
So called millennials, who were born roughly between 1988 and 1994, tend to have this characteristic as a 2016 study found.
The University of Hampshire found that youngsters who were studied on issues of entitlement scored 25 per cent higher than people aged 40 to 60 and 50 per cent higher than those over that age bracket.
Dr Joshua Grubbs, who conducted the research, which was published in the Psychological Bulletin is quoted by Spring as saying:
At extreme levels, entitlement is a toxic narcissistic trait, repeatedly exposing people to the risk of feeling frustrated, unhappy and disappointed with life.
Often times, life, health, ageing and the social world don’t treat us as well as we’d like.
Confronting these limitations is especially threatening to an entitled person because it violates their worldview of self-superiority.
The study looked at 170 cases and determined that entitlement leads to a cycle of disappointment, anger, negativity and a constant need for that person to tell themselves that they are special.
Professor Julie Exline, who was also involved in the study added that this system only creates more issues and can lead to problems with other people.
The entire mind set pits someone against other people.
When people think that they should have everything they want — often for nothing — it comes at the cost of relationships with others and, ultimately, their own happiness
In order to break from this mentality experts believe that an individuals should learn to become more humble, more grateful and accept their limitations.
Psychology Today also offers some other alternatives to solving the problem.
These including retrospectively reflecting on annoying incidents from someone else's perspective, promote others achievements and stop justifying things to yourself that are wrong.

 The Millenials song.....LOL

4 comments:

  1. They have been developing that for quite a long time. It is really becoming more visible now and our government has acknowledged the problem by enabling people. My daughter is evidence of that in the area where I failed as a mother. Sigh

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  2. Hey Momma Fargo;

    No I don't think you failed as a mom. From everything I have seen, "Bug" is a grounded well balanced girl, so you have done well with her. I have the same insecurity with my son, I keep thinking maybe I could do something different, but I trust to God that I am doing ok by him.

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    1. Aw thanks. There are days I wonder, tho. LOL. I think we should both trust God. I think you are doing a marvelous job. Any little bit we do to damage our kiddos...well, makes them stronger, right? LOL

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  3. Government preaches entitlement, as to most schools now. We're probably now into the second generation where the snobbish entitlement mindset has been sufficiently propagandized to the point it's darn near irreversible. It accounts for much of the political divide in the country, where different groups are now deliberately placed in competition by pandering politicians for the limited pot of entitlements government can deliver.

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