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Jean Twenge, The Conversation

Teen suicide rates are higher among girls – and it has to do with how they use social media

In the US, rates of major depression among teenage girls increased to 20% in 2017 from 12% in 2011.

Jean Twenge, The Conversation
· Jan 19, 2020 · 11:30 pm
10 years after the iPhone was first launched, we’re more connected – and isolated – than ever before

How has the first generation of kids to grow up with the iPhone been affected?

Jean Twenge, The Conversation
· Jun 28, 2017 · 09:30 pm
How do we know the millennial generation exists? Just look at the data

Social scientists can pinpoint generational and cultural changes with a surprising degree of accuracy.

Jean Twenge, The Conversation
· May 24, 2017 · 11:30 pm