47 students of both sexes living in 5 different housing units listed areas of perceived attitudinal differences with their parents on an open-ended questionnaire. A total of 89 items were elicited, ranging in number for each individual response from 0 to 31 (M = 6.25, mode = 5). 11 categories were organized to cover these items. Differences in characteristics of responses for males and females were observed.
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