Growing introversion: Here are America's mean introversion scores over four decades:
Mean introversion score
Seventies 13.8
Eighties 14.0
Nineties 14.1
This decade 14.2*
* p < .05, two-tail test, compared with the seventies
The country has gradually gotten a bit more introverted. This might be due to increasing numbers of Asians and Hispanics. (Immigrants in general tend to be more introverted).
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ReplyDelete"Respondents were asked how often they: 1) visit neighbors, 2) visit friends outside of the neighborhood, and 3) go to a bar."
ReplyDeleteBowery beat me to it, but I don't think introversion is increasing, so much as social isolation.
Might want to check if local diversity and "introversion" have an association in the GSS.
Interesting finding.
ReplyDeleteElectronic media makes self-entertainment more feasible.