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Generation Me Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before

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ISBN-10: 0743276981

ISBN-13: 9780743276986

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jean M. Twenge

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Called "The Entitlement Generation" or Gen Y, they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the young people she calls "Generation Me" -- those born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s -- are tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious. Herself a member of Generation Me, Dr. Twenge uses findings from the largest intergenerational research study ever conducted -- with data from 1.3 million respondents spanning six decades -- to reveal how profoundly different today's young adults are. Here are the…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 3/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Jean M. Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and two books based on her research, Generation Me and The Narcissism Epidemic, as well as The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant. Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA TODAY, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on the Today show, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, and National Public Radio. She lives in San Diego with her husband and daughters.

Introduction
You Don't Need Their Approval: The Decline of Social Rules
An Army of One: Me
You Can Be Anything You Want to Be
The Age of Anxiety (and Depression, and Loneliness): Generation Stressed
Yeah, Right: The Belief That There's No Point in Trying
Sex: Generation Prude Meets Generation Crude
The Equality Revolution: Minorities, Women, and Gays and Lesbians
Applying Our Knowledge: The Future of Business and the Future of the Young
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index