Narcissism

I was listening to a talk radio program yesterday and the guest did a study about narcissism in today's youth. She surveyed college students all over the country with the Narcissism Personality Disorder Test. She found that, compared with the 80's and 90's generations, we have increased occurences of NPD.

Description

People who have a narcissistic personality style rather than narcissistic personality disorder are generally psychologically healthy, but may at times be arrogant, proud, shrewd, confident, self-centered and determined to be at the top. They do not, however, have an unrealistic image of their skills and worth and are not dependent on praise to sustain a healthy self-esteem.

-Overreacts to criticism, becoming angry or humiliated
-Uses others to reach goals
-Exaggerates own importance
-Entertains unrealistic fantasies about achievements, power, beauty, intelligence or romance
-Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
-Seeks constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
-Is easily jealous
-Has a sense of entitlement
-Is interpersonally exploitative
-Lacks empathy
-Displays arrogant, haughty behaviours

The lady also said that one of the characteristics is an initial response of violence... could this explain some of the craziness of our youth today?