The answer to this question depends on who you ask. US psychologist Dr Jean Twenge has conducted multiple studies comparing the psychological traits of different cohorts and claimed that, compared with earlier generations, ‘Millennials’ (people born between 1981–1996) are especially prone to neurotic narcissism and anxiety, meaning that they have “…unrealistically high expectations [and] difficulty with criticism.”
Other research has failed to support these findings, however. For instance, a study of nearly half a million high school pupils in America between 1976–2006 found few if any differences in psychological traits across generations – including those like egotism and sensitivity to social status – that might reflect hypersensitivity.