Birth cohort differences in self-esteem, 1988-2008: A cross-temporal meta-analysis

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Gentile, Brittany ^a   Twenge, Jean M ^b   Campbell, W Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational differences; Meta analysis; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956554921     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019919     Document Type: Article

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