Today's college kids lack empathy
Compared to 30 years ago, it's all about me now, study finds
Compared with college students of the late 1970s, current students are less likely to agree with statements such as "I sometimes try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective,"....
"Many people see the current group of college students ? sometimes called 'Generation Me ' ? as one of the most self-centered, narcissistic, competitive, confident and individualistic in recent history," said Konrath, who is also affiliated with the University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry.
"The ease of having 'friends' online might make people more likely to just tune out when they don't feel like responding to others' problems, a behavior that could carry over offline," O'Brien said. In fact, past research has suggested college students are addicted to social media .
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This does seem to follow the theme that others have suggested lately: Every man for himself.