Generational changes and their impact in the classroom: Teaching Generation Me

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-405

  Twenge, Jean M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749105813     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03310.x     Document Type: Article

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