The most important issues concern competence and independence - the focus of many of the battles between adolescents and their parents.

This difference indicates cultural differences between adolescents and adults, which supports the presence of a separate youth culture.

Cheshire (1982a) finds the same differences between male and female adolescents.

Another study found that there was no significant difference between male and female adolescents with regards to the personal fable in general.

The lineup on both sides suggests that the issue is more than a dispute between uppity adolescents and stern adults.

In many jurisdictions, sexual intercourse between adolescents with a close age difference is not prohibited.

A persistent theme in Buffy is the nearly unbreachable generation gap between adolescents and adults.

Relationships between adolescents and adults are often trivialized or distorted.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the relationship between adolescents and alcohol is not a new problem.