First, we adminsiter the entitlement subscale and the self-sufficiency subcscale from the Narcissism Personality Inventory (Kubarych, Deary, & Austin, 2004). This is in order to test the prediction that more self-sufficient people think 'kids these days' are becoming less self-sufficient and that more entitled people think 'kids these days' are becoming more entitled. [all items adminsitered in random order with unnumbered response options in random order. The response option presented here first was scored as 1 and the option scored second scored as 0]. As all items come from the overall Narcissistic Personality inventory, they will be rendomly ordered on the same page. All participants first read: This inventory consists of a number of pairs of statements with which you may or may not identify. Consider this example: I like having authority over people I don't mind following orders Which of these two statements is closer to your own feelings about yourself? If you identify more with "liking to have authority over people" than with "not minding following orders", then you would choose that option. You may identify with both options. In this case you should choose the statement which seems closer to yourself. Or, if you do not identify with either statement, select the one which is least objectionable or remote. In other words, read each pair of statements and then choose the one that is closer to your own feelings. Indicate your answer by selecting the item. Please do not skip any items. self-Sufficiency (Raskin & Terry, 1988) I like to take responsibility for making decisions./If I feel competent I am willing to take responsibility for making decisions. I always know what I am doing./Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing. I rarely depend on anyone else to get things done./I sometimes depend on people to get things done. I can live my life in any way I want to./People can't always live their lives in terms of what they want. I am going to be a great person./I hope I am going to be successful. I am more capable than other people./There is a lot that I can learn from other people. Entitlement I have a natural talent for influencing people./I am not good at influencing people. If I ruled the world it would be a better place./I am not good at influencing people. I see myself as a good leader./I am not sure if I would make a good leader. I like to have authority over other people./I don't mind following orders. I find it easy to manipulate people./I don't like it when I find myself manipulating people. I will never be satisfied until I get all that I deserve./I take my satisfactions as they come. I have a strong will to power./Power for its own sake doesn't interest me. People always seem to recognize my authority./Being an authority doesn't mean that much to me. I would prefer to be a leader./It makes little difference to me whether I am a leader or not. I am a born leader./Leadership is a quality that takes a long time to develop. Then, on separate pages in random order, we will adminsiter both the 'KTD: entitled' and 'KTD: self-reliant' scales. Participants will first fill out the base questions on separate pages in random order, then will fill out the refined questions on the same page in random order [all questions on unnumbered scales]. Kids these days base scales. All participants will first read: We would like to know your thoughts about children. KTD: Self-reliant Compared to when you were a child: Do you think children today are more self-reliant, less self-reliant, or equally self-reliant as children were when you were a child? [More than they used to be/0=The same amount as they used to be/Less than they used to be] KTD: Entitled Compared to when you were a child: Do you think children today are more entitled, less entitled, or equally entitled as children were when you were a child? [More than they used to be/0=The same amount as they used to be/Less than they used to be] Afterwards, on a separate page, for each question about 'kids these days' participants answer 'more than' to, they read the appropriate versions of the following [all in random order on unnumbered scales]: How much more self-reliant are children compared to when you were a child? [a lot more=-3/somewhat more=-2/a little more=-1] How much more entitled are children compared to when you were a child? [a lot more=3/somewhat more=2/a little more=1] For each question about 'kids these days' participants answer 'less than' to, they read the appropriate versions of the following [all in random order on unnumbered scales]: How much less self-reliant are children compared to when you were a child? [a lot less=3/somewhat less=2/a little less=1] How much less entitled are children compared to when you were a child? [a lot less=-3/somewhat less=-2/a little less=-1] **References** Kubarych, T. S., Deary, I. 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