A 40-year study of teens finds Generation Z is unlike any past generation - here's what they're all about

Today's teens are in no hurry to grow up, a $4 finds.

Contrary to teenagers of past generations, Generation Z - broadly defined as people born between 1995 and the mid-2000s - aren't drinking alcohol, having sex, driving, or going out without their parents nearly as much.

According to psychologists Jean Twenge and Heejung Park, who $4 across seven surveys of teens from 1976 to 2016, today's 18-year-olds act more like 15-year-olds from years past.

The findings largely back up Generation Z as less reckless and more socially isolated than generations prior. Here's what they're all about.