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Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State
University, is the author of more than 180 scientific
publications and seven books, including *Generations*:
*The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X,
Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s
Future* and *iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are
Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and
Completely Unprepared for Adulthood*. She holds a BA and
MA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the
University of Michigan. She writes the Generation Tech
substack.
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Jean Twenge
Researcher of generational differences and Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
Research Expertise
generations
personality
social psychology
gender roles
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Education
Finance
Strategy and Management
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Clinical Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Applied Psychology
Business and International Management
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental Engineering
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Anthropology
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Biological Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Gender Studies
History and Philosophy of Science
Health Informatics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cultural Studies
Communication
History
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Human-Computer Interaction
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Epidemiology
Health (social science)
Automotive Engineering
Industrial relations
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Behavioral Neuroscience
About
Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San
Diego State University, is the author of more
than 180 scientific publications and seven
books, including *Generations*: *The Real
Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X,
Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for
America’s Future* and *iGen: Why Today's
Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less
Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and
Completely Unprepared for Adulthood*. She
holds a BA and MA from the University of
Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan. She writes the Generation Tech
substack.
Legacy Map
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Generational Differences in Work Values:
Leisure and Extrinsic Values Increasing,
Social and Intrinsic Values Decreasing
Journal of Management
2010
iGen: Why Today's Super-connected Kids Are
Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant,
Less Happy-and Completely Unprepared for
Adulthood-and What That Means for the Rest
of Us by Jean Twenge (review)
Group
2018
If you can't join them, beat them: Effects
of social exclusion on aggressive
behavior.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2001
Social exclusion impairs self-regulation.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2005
Social exclusion decreases prosocial
behavior.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2007
That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences
in self-objectification, restrained
eating, and math performance.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
1998
A Review of the Empirical Evidence on
Generational Differences in Work Attitudes
Journal of Business and
Psychology
2010
Increases in Depressive Symptoms,
Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide
Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010
and Links to Increased New Media Screen
Time
Clinical Psychological Science
2017
Making choices impairs subsequent
self-control: A limited-resource account
of decision making, self-regulation, and
active initiative.
Motivation Science
2014
Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross‐Temporal
Meta‐Analysis of the Narcissistic
Personality Inventory
Journal of Personality
2008
Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction: A
Meta‐Analytic Review
Journal of Marriage and Family
2003
Effects of social exclusion on cognitive
processes: Anticipated aloneness reduces
intelligent thought.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2002
Generational differences in psychological
traits and their impact on the workplace
Journal of Managerial Psychology
2008
Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status,
and birth cohort difference on the
children's depression inventory: A
meta-analysis.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
2002
The age of anxiety? The birth cohort
change in anxiety and neuroticism,
1952-1993.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2000
Age, period, and cohort trends in mood
disorder indicators and suicide-related
outcomes in a nationally representative
dataset, 2005–2017.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
2019
Changes in masculine and feminine traits
over time: A meta-analysis
Sex Roles
1997
“Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That
We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism,
Social Rejection, and Aggression
Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin
2003
Social Exclusion and the Deconstructed
State: Time Perception, Meaninglessness,
Lethargy, Lack of Emotion, and
Self-Awareness.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2003
Generational differences in young adults'
life goals, concern for others, and civic
orientation, 1966–2009.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2012
Interpersonal Rejection as a Determinant
of Anger and Aggression
Personality and Social Psychology
Review
2006
Individual differences in narcissism:
Inflated self-views across the lifespan
and around the world
Journal of Research in
Personality
2003
Age and Birth Cohort Differences in
Self-Esteem: A Cross-Temporal
Meta-Analysis
Personality and Social Psychology
Review
2001
Race and self-esteem: Meta-analyses
comparing Whites, Blacks, Hispanics,
Asians, and American Indians and comment
on Gray-Little and Hafdahl (2000).
Psychological Bulletin
2002
Self-Esteem and Socioeconomic Status: A
Meta-Analytic Review
Personality and Social Psychology
Review
2002
Social exclusion causes self-defeating
behavior.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2002
Associations between screen time and lower
psychological well-being among children
and adolescents: Evidence from a
population-based study
Preventive Medicine Reports
2018
Birth cohort increases in psychopathology
among young Americans, 1938–2007: A
cross-temporal meta-analysis of the MMPI
Clinical Psychology Review
2010
It's Beyond My Control: A Cross-Temporal
Meta-Analysis of Increasing Externality in
Locus of Control, 1960-2002
Personality and Social Psychology
Review
2004
Trends in U.S. Adolescents’ media use,
1976–2016: The rise of digital media, the
decline of TV, and the (near) demise of
print.
Psychology of Popular Media
Culture
2019
Decreases in psychological well-being
among American adolescents after 2012 and
links to screen time during the rise of
smartphone technology.
Emotion
2018
Generational changes and their impact in
the classroom: teaching Generation Me
Medical Education
2009
Attitudes Toward Women, 1970–1995
Psychology of Women Quarterly
1997
Changes in women's assertiveness in
response to status and roles: A
cross-temporal meta-analysis, 1931-1993.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2001
Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic
Personality Traits Among American College
Students, 1982–2009
Social Psychological and Personality
Science
2010
Gender Differences in Domain-Specific
Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis
Review of General Psychology
2009
Trends in Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and
Suicide-Related Outcomes Among U.S.
Undergraduates, 2007–2018: Evidence From
Two National Surveys
Journal of Adolescent Health
2019
Cultural suppression of female sexuality.
Review of General Psychology
2002
It's the thought that counts: The role of
hostile cognition in shaping aggressive
responses to social exclusion.
Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
2009
U.S. Census Bureau‐assessed prevalence of
anxiety and depressive symptoms in 2019
and during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic
Depression and Anxiety
2020
Thwarting the Need to Belong:
Understanding the Interpersonal and Inner
Effects of Social Exclusion
Social and Personality Psychology
Compass
2007
Less in-person social interaction with
peers among U.S. adolescents in the 21st
century and links to loneliness
Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships
2019
Masculine and Feminine Traits on the Bem
Sex-Role Inventory, 1993–2012: a
Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis
Sex Roles
2016
Changes in American Adults’ Sexual
Behavior and Attitudes, 1972–2012
Archives of Sexual Behavior
2015
Generational Changes in Materialism and
Work Centrality, 1976-2007
Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin
2013
The effect of social networking websites
on positive self-views: An experimental
investigation
Computers in Human Behavior
2012
Mental distress among U.S. adults during
the COVID‐19 pandemic
Journal of Clinical Psychology
2020
Gender differences in associations between
digital media use and psychological
well‐being: Evidence from three large
datasets
Journal of Adolescence
2020
Media Use Is Linked to Lower Psychological
Well-Being: Evidence from Three Datasets
Psychiatric Quarterly
2019
The Evidence for Generation Me and Against
Generation We
Emerging Adulthood
2013
Trait Self-Objectification in Women:
Affective and Personality Correlates
Journal of Research in
Personality
2002
The Disruptive Effect of
Self-Objectification on Performance
Psychology of Women Quarterly
2006
Declines in Trust in Others and Confidence
in Institutions Among American Adults and
Late Adolescents, 1972–2012
Psychological Science
2014
Changes in Young People's Sexual Behavior
and Attitudes, 1943–1999: A Cross-Temporal
Meta-Analysis
Review of General Psychology
2005
Decreases in self-reported sleep duration
among U.S. adolescents 2009–2015 and
association with new media screen time
Sleep Medicine
2017
Tuning in to psychological change:
Linguistic markers of psychological traits
and emotions over time in popular U.S.
song lyrics.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity,
and the Arts
2011
Generational Increases in Agentic
Self-evaluations among American College
Students, 1966–2009
Self and Identity
2012
Mapping the scale of the narcissism
epidemic: Increases in narcissism
2002–2007 within ethnic groups
Journal of Research in
Personality
2008
Attitudes Toward Women’s Work and Family
Roles in the United States, 1976–2013
Psychology of Women Quarterly
2015
The Decline in Adult Activities Among U.S.
Adolescents, 1976–2016
Child Development
2017
Changes in the need for social approval,
1958–2001
Journal of Research in
Personality
2007
More Time on Technology, Less Happiness?
Associations Between Digital-Media Use and
Psychological Well-Being
Current Directions in Psychological
Science
2019
Further Evidence of an Increase in
Narcissism Among College Students
Journal of Personality
2008
Birth cohort changes in extraversion: a
cross-temporal meta-analysis, 1966–1993
Personality and Individual
Differences
2001
Increases in Positive Self-Views Among
High School Students
Psychological Science
2008
Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem,
1988–2008: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis
Review of General Psychology
2010
Generational Differences Are Real and
Useful
Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
2015
Replenishing connectedness: Reminders of
social activity reduce aggression after
social exclusion
British Journal of Social
Psychology
2007
Changes in American Adults’ Reported
Same-Sex Sexual Experiences and Attitudes,
1973–2014
Archives of Sexual Behavior
2016
Fitting In or Standing Out: Trends in
American Parents' Choices for Children’s
Names, 1880–2007
Social Psychological and Personality
Science
2010
Increases in Individualistic Words and
Phrases in American Books, 1960–2008
PLoS ONE
2012
Time Period and Birth Cohort Differences
in Depressive Symptoms in the U.S.,
1982–2013
Social Indicators Research
2014
Placing Job Characteristics in Context:
Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in
Job Characteristics Since 1975
Journal of Management
2016
Automatic emotion regulation after social
exclusion: Tuning to positivity.
Emotion
2011
Changes in Pronoun Use in American Books
and the Rise of Individualism, 1960-2008
Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology
2012
A Little Acceptance Goes a Long Way
Social Psychological and Personality
Science
2010
Generational and Time Period Differences
in American Adolescents’ Religious
Orientation, 1966–2014
PLOS ONE
2015
Worldwide increases in adolescent
loneliness
Journal of Adolescence
2021
Social Exclusion Increases Aggression and
Self-Defeating Behavior while Reducing
Intelligent Thought and Prosocial Behavior
Social Psychology of Inclusion and
Exclusion
2004
Who are the Millennials? Empirical
evidence for generational differences in
work values, attitudes and personality
Managing the New Workforce
2012
Why increases in adolescent depression may
be linked to the technological environment
Current Opinion in Psychology
2020
Not all screen time is created equal:
associations with mental health vary by
activity and gender
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology
2020
Declines in Sexual Frequency among
American Adults, 1989–2014
Archives of Sexual Behavior
2017
What is a Feminist?
Psychology of Women Quarterly
1999
Associations between screen time and sleep
duration are primarily driven by portable
electronic devices: evidence from a
population-based study of U.S. children
ages 0–17
Sleep Medicine
2019
The Social Self
Handbook of Psychology, Second
Edition
2012
Sexual Inactivity During Young Adulthood
Is More Common Among U.S. Millennials and
iGen: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on
Having No Sexual Partners After Age 18
Archives of Sexual Behavior
2016
Increases in Depression, Self‐Harm, and
Suicide Among U.S. Adolescents After 2012
and Links to Technology Use: Possible
Mechanisms
Psychiatric Research and Clinical
Practice
2020
Does Online Social Media Lead to Social
Connection or Social Disconnection?
Journal of College and Character
2013
Fuzzy But Useful Constructs: Making Sense
of the Differences Between Generations
Work, Aging and Retirement
2017
Birth Cohort Differences in the Monitoring
the Future Dataset and Elsewhere: Further
Evidence for Generation Me—Commentary on
Trzesniewski & Donnellan (2010)
Perspectives on Psychological
Science
2010
Mapping Gender
Psychology of Women Quarterly
1999
Teaching Generation Me
Teaching of Psychology
2012
Underestimating digital media harm
Nature Human Behaviour
2020
The Great Recession
Social Psychological and Personality
Science
2013
Education
University of Michigan
Ph.D., Psychology / May, 1998
Ann Arbor
University of Chicago
Sociology / June, 1993
Chicago
Experience
San Diego State University
Professor / August, 2001 — Present
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