Jean M. Twenge

49.7k total citations · 34 hit papers
177 papers, 32.2k citations indexed

About

Jean M. Twenge is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean M. Twenge has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 32.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Social Psychology, 74 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 57 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jean M. Twenge's work include Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (32 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (31 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers). Jean M. Twenge is often cited by papers focused on Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (32 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (31 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers). Jean M. Twenge collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Jean M. Twenge's co-authors include W. Keith Campbell, Roy F. Baumeister, Thomas E. Joiner, Gabrielle N. Martin, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, C. Nathan DeWall, Dianne M. Tice, Stacy M. Campbell, Joshua D. Foster and Natalie J. Ciarocco and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jean M. Twenge

171 papers receiving 29.8k citations

Hit Papers

Social exclusion impairs self-regulation. 1997 2026 2006 2016 2005 2010 2017 2007 2019 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Social exclusion impairs self-regulation.
    2005 1.0k citations Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Generational Differences in Work Values: Leisure and Extrinsic Values Increasing, Social and Intrinsic Values Decreasing
    2010 995 citations Jean M. Twenge et al. profile →
  3. Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time
    2017 913 citations Jean M. Twenge, Thomas E. Joiner et al. Clinical Psychological Science profile →
  4. Social exclusion decreases prosocial behavior.
    2007 867 citations Jean M. Twenge, Roy F. Baumeister et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  5. Age, period, and cohort trends in mood disorder indicators and suicide-related outcomes in a nationally representative dataset, 2005–2017.
    2019 866 citations Jean M. Twenge, Alysha Cooper et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  6. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before
    2006 816 citations Jean M. Twenge profile →
  7. That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance.
    1998 813 citations Barbara L. Fredrickson, Diane M. Quinn et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  8. If you can't join them, beat them: Effects of social exclusion on aggressive behavior.
    2001 796 citations Jean M. Twenge, Roy F. Baumeister et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  9. If you can't join them, beat them: Effects of social exclusion on aggressive behavior.
    2001 766 citations Jean M. Twenge, Roy F. Baumeister et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  10. Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and birth cohort difference on the children's depression inventory: A meta-analysis.
    2002 687 citations Jean M. Twenge, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  11. Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross‐Temporal Meta‐Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory
    2008 657 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell et al. profile →
  12. Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction: A Meta‐Analytic Review
    2003 599 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell et al. profile →
  13. A Review of the Empirical Evidence on Generational Differences in Work Attitudes
    2010 599 citations Jean M. Twenge profile →
  14. Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: A limited-resource account of decision making, self-regulation, and active initiative.
    2008 587 citations Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  15. Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and birth cohort difference on the children's depression inventory: A meta-analysis.
    2002 586 citations Jean M. Twenge, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  16. Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study
    2018 576 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell profile →
  17. The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
    2009 540 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell profile →
  18. “Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism, Social Rejection, and Aggression
    2003 530 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell profile →
  19. Changes in masculine and feminine traits over time: A meta-analysis
    1997 513 citations Jean M. Twenge profile →
  20. Effects of social exclusion on cognitive processes: Anticipated aloneness reduces intelligent thought.
    2002 509 citations Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  21. Generational differences in young adults' life goals, concern for others, and civic orientation, 1966–2009.
    2012 451 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  22. Trends in U.S. Adolescents’ media use, 1976–2016: The rise of digital media, the decline of TV, and the (near) demise of print.
    2018 415 citations Jean M. Twenge, Gabrielle N. Martin et al. profile →
  23. Decreases in psychological well-being among American adolescents after 2012 and links to screen time during the rise of smartphone technology.
    2018 400 citations Jean M. Twenge, Gabrielle N. Martin et al. Emotion profile →
  24. Trends in Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Suicide-Related Outcomes Among U.S. Undergraduates, 2007–2018: Evidence From Two National Surveys
    2019 348 citations Mary E. Duffy, Jean M. Twenge et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
  25. U.S. Census Bureau‐assessed prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in 2019 and during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic
    2020 328 citations Jean M. Twenge, Thomas E. Joiner profile →
  26. Gender differences in associations between digital media use and psychological well‐being: Evidence from three large datasets
    2020 311 citations Jean M. Twenge, Gabrielle N. Martin Journal of Adolescence profile →
  27. Less in-person social interaction with peers among U.S. adolescents in the 21st century and links to loneliness
    2019 288 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell et al. profile →
  28. Media Use Is Linked to Lower Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from Three Datasets
    2019 217 citations Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell Psychiatric Quarterly profile →
  29. Masculine and Feminine Traits on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, 1993–2012: a Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis
    2016 216 citations Jean M. Twenge et al. profile →
  30. Worldwide increases in adolescent loneliness
    2021 178 citations Jean M. Twenge et al. Journal of Adolescence profile →
  31. More Time on Technology, Less Happiness? Associations Between Digital-Media Use and Psychological Well-Being
    2019 163 citations Jean M. Twenge profile →
  32. Not all screen time is created equal: associations with mental health vary by activity and gender
    2020 156 citations Jean M. Twenge et al. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology profile →
  33. Specification curve analysis shows that social media use is linked to poor mental health, especially among girls
    2022 77 citations Jean M. Twenge et al. profile →
  34. Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future
    2023 60 citations Jean M. Twenge profile →

Peers

Jean M. Twenge
Brad J. Bushman United States
Todd D. Little United States
Niall Bolger United States
Mark R. Leary United States
Richard W. Robins United States
Hazel Rose Markus United States
Frank D. Fincham United States
Shinobu Kitayama United States
James W. Pennebaker United States
Rick H. Hoyle United States
Brad J. Bushman United States
Jean M. Twenge
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All Works

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Twenge, Jean M. & David G. Blanchflower. (2025). Declining Life Satisfaction and Happiness Among Young Adults in Six English-Speaking Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Boer, Maartje, Alina Cosma, Jean M. Twenge, et al.. (2023). National-Level Schoolwork Pressure, Family Structure, Internet Use, and Obesity as Drivers of Time Trends in Adolescent Psychological Complaints Between 2002 and 2018. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 52(10). 2061–2077. 26 indexed citations
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Shawcroft, Jane, et al.. (2022). Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19. Heliyon. 8(7). e09898–e09898. 5 indexed citations
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Devendorf, Andrew, Vanessa Panaite, Todd B. Kashdan, et al.. (2021). Future Well-Being Among U.S. Youth Who Attempted Suicide and Survived. Behavior Therapy. 53(3). 481–491. 4 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., et al.. (2020). Not all screen time is created equal: associations with mental health vary by activity and gender. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 56(2). 207–217. 156 indexed citations breakdown →
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Twenge, Jean M. & Alysha Cooper. (2020). The expanding class divide in happiness in the United States, 1972–2016.. Emotion. 22(4). 701–713. 14 indexed citations
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Duffy, Mary E., Jean M. Twenge, & Thomas E. Joiner. (2019). Trends in Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Suicide-Related Outcomes Among U.S. Undergraduates, 2007–2018: Evidence From Two National Surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(5). 590–598. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Twenge, Jean M. & W. Keith Campbell. (2019). Media Use Is Linked to Lower Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from Three Datasets. Psychiatric Quarterly. 90(2). 311–331. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Twenge, Jean M., Thomas E. Joiner, Megan L. Rogers, & Gabrielle N. Martin. (2017). Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time. Clinical Psychological Science. 6(1). 3–17. 913 indexed citations breakdown →
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Twenge, Jean M., Ryne A. Sherman, & Brooke E. Wells. (2017). Declines in Sexual Frequency among American Adults, 1989–2014. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46(8). 2389–2401. 96 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., Ryne A. Sherman, & Brooke E. Wells. (2016). Sexual Inactivity During Young Adulthood Is More Common Among U.S. Millennials and iGen: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Having No Sexual Partners After Age 18. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46(2). 433–440. 64 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., Ryne A. Sherman, & Brooke E. Wells. (2016). Changes in American Adults’ Reported Same-Sex Sexual Experiences and Attitudes, 1973–2014. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 45(7). 1713–1730. 117 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., et al.. (2015). Generational and Time Period Differences in American Adolescents’ Religious Orientation, 1966–2014. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0121454–e0121454. 68 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., et al.. (2012). Generational differences in young adults' life goals, concern for others, and civic orientation, 1966–2009.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102(5). 1045–1062. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Twenge, Jean M., W. Keith Campbell, & Brittany Gentile. (2012). Increases in Individualistic Words and Phrases in American Books, 1960–2008. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40181–e40181. 97 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M.. (2009). Change over time in obedience: The jury's still out, but it might be decreasing.. American Psychologist. 64(1). 28–31. 12 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M., Kathleen R. Catanese, & Roy F. Baumeister. (2003). Social Exclusion and the Deconstructed State: Time Perception, Meaninglessness, Lethargy, Lack of Emotion, and Self-Awareness.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85(3). 409–423. 495 indexed citations
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Twenge, Jean M. & Susan Nolen–Hoeksema. (2002). Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and birth cohort difference on the children's depression inventory: A meta-analysis.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 111(4). 578–588. 687 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fredrickson, Barbara L., et al.. (1998). That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 75(1). 269–284. 42 indexed citations

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