Men and young adults are more narcissistic than women and older people

Current psychological study on gender and age differences. (Image: Pixabay CC0) Psychologists at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) in Münster, Germany, have joined forces with an international consortium to conduct the most comprehensive study to date on gender and age differences on the topic of narcissism. The scientists surveyed around 270,000 people for their study. The two most important findings: Men tend to be more self-absorbed than women - moreover, the highest narcissism scores are found in young adults. With increasing age, this expression decreases again in both men and women. The results were recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. -Previous studies have used very different measures of narcissism and often examined only a few test subjects," says Mitja Back from the Institute of Psychology, explaining the background to the study.