161 college students in their late adolescent years (Mage = 20.7 yr.) and a sample of 100 of their parents (Mage = 48.9 yr.) completed a 36-item questionnaire containing items pertaining to such contemporary topics as drug use, sexual behavior, religion, and civil rights. Significant differences in attitude between the generational groups obtained on 86.1% of the items. The differences appeared to reflect intensity of attitudes rather than direction. Insofar as attitudes toward the assessed contemporary issues are concerned, it was concluded that evidence of a basis for a generation gap was found with this sample.
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