Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
Jean Twenge is the author of more than 100 scientific journal articles and three books (including "Generation Me" and "The Narcissism Epidemic"). Her current research interests include generational differences in traits, attitudes and behaviors.
Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens
Oct 09, 2021 08:33 am UTC| Technology
Right at the time social media became popular, teen mental health began to falter. Between 2010 and 2019, rates of depression and loneliness doubled in the U.S. and globally, suicide rates soared for teens in the U.S. and...
Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
Jan 18, 2020 04:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Were in the middle of a teen mental health crisis and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. But rates of major depression among teen girls in...
Teens have less face time with their friends – and are lonelier than ever
Mar 21, 2019 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Technology
Ask a teen today how she communicates with her friends, and shell probably hold up her smartphone. Not that she actually calls her friends; its more likely that she texts them or messages them on social media. Todays...
Worry over kids' excessive smartphone use is more justified than ever before
Dec 17, 2018 10:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Parents who fear their kids are spending too much time in front of screens now have more reason for concern. New research funded by the National Institutes of Health found brain changes among kids using screens more...
Why it matters that teens are reading less
Aug 21, 2018 16:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But todays teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with...
Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for kids?
Jan 09, 2018 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from using a smartphone. Many parents, naturally, have wondered if so much time spent in front of a screen is safe. Recent...
How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids
Aug 22, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Technology Life
As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions Im asked is What generation am I in? If you were born before 1980, thats a relatively easy question to answer: the Silent...
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