A study of undergraduates at the Pennsylvania State University reveals pluralistic ignorance of parent-youth conflict. Students viewed others as experiencing a greater amount of conflict than existed within their own families. Therefore, friction may be less than is believed and adolescence may not be as rebellious a phase as is generally thought.…

The extent to which black and white adolescents justify the use of political violence to gain desired ends, and the extent to which they express behavioral intentions to engage in such violence to achieve political objectives are examined and compared. (Author/AM)

Presents data collected in the late 1980s about a shift in the locus of the self among college students from a self anchored in institutionalized roles and statuses to one lodged in affect, preferences, and styles of behavior. Compares findings with those produced in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. (JS)