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Virginia Thomas

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Publications

9

Citations

370

H-Index

9

Active since

2009

Affiliations

University of California, Santa Cruz(Current)

Middlebury College

Virginia Thomas is an author at University of California, Santa Cruz specializing in psychology, social sciences, and social identity.

Top concepts

PsychologySocial IdentitySocial SciencesSocial PsychologyApplied Social PsychologyArtsEngineeringSocial MediaCommunicationMobile Computing

Publications per year

2009–2023

9

Publications

9

Motivation matters: Development and validation of the Motivation for Solitude Scale – Short Form (MSS‐SF)

Virginia Thomas, Margarita Azmitia · Journal of Adolescence · 2018 · 122 citations

Does Class Matter? The Centrality and Meaning of Social Class Identity in Emerging Adulthood

Virginia Thomas, Margarita Azmitia · Identity · 2014 · 59 citations

Discrimination, Education, Social Categorization +21

Alone and online: Understanding the relationships between social media, solitude, and psychological adjustment.

Virginia Thomas, Brandon Balzer Carr, Margarita Azmitia et al. · Psychology of Popular Media · 2020 · 55 citations

Social Isolation, Social Identity, Social Media +11

Unplugged: Exploring the costs and benefits of constant connection

Virginia Thomas, Margarita Azmitia, Steve Whittaker · Computers in Human Behavior · 2016 · 38 citations

Gateway (Telecommunications), Engineering, Cloud Computing +7

The Psychological Affordances of Solitude in Emerging Adulthood

Virginia Thomas · Emerging Adulthood · 2023 · 27 citations

Social Isolation, Social Psychology, Sensory Experiences +16

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