The Evidence for Generation Me and Against Generation We

Emerging Adulthood

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Twenge, Jean M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; future orientation; generation; spirituality; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898422694     PISSN: 21676968     EISSN: 21676984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167696812466548     Document Type: Article

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