Generational Increases in Agentic Self-evaluations among American College Students, 1966–2009

By Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, Brittany Gentile. 2012

166 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Social Psychology

1. Paul Harvey
2. Jean M. Twenge
3. M. Laird
4. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
5. W. Keith Campbell
6. Roy F. Baumeister
7. Kipling D. Williams
8. Mark R. Leary

In Sociology and Political Science

1. M. Laird
2. J. Lancaster
3. Paul Harvey
4. Jean M. Twenge
5. W. Keith Campbell
6. Stéphane Côté
7. M. Verkuyten
8. I. Meyer

Citations in the corpus

• Accountability, entitlement, tenure, and satisfaction in Generation Y (2015, background): “Many of these individuals were raised under child-centric parental and educational philosophies that encouraged the development and protection of self-image (Holt et al., 2012; Twenge et al., 2012).”
• Time Period and Birth Cohort Differences in Depressive Symptoms in the U.S., 1982–2013 (2015, background): “These decreases in rating emotional health below average occurred despite an increase in rating oneself above average on most other traits (Twenge et al. 2012).”