ABSTRACT
The procedures and tools in adolescent research program are not entirely distinctive—if there is innovation, it lies in procedures for studying behaviour in natural groups of adolescents without arousing awareness of research intent. The adolescent is a human male or female with at least a decade of life behind him. His body and its functioning are beginning to change toward that of an adult human. During adolescence, the character of the general culture and the immediate circumstances of living take on new and added significance. Within the general problem of adolescence as defined in a society, the sociocultural setting and its values are major influences, particularly those values prevailing among the reference set of teenagers. Specification of the homogeneity or diversity of the sociocultural setting proves helpful in understanding the nature of adolescent groups in that setting. The chapter presents the data of transmission of a group identity and its culture (norms) through three generations of adolescents in Mexican region.
