Adolescent Rebellion in the Kibbutz

Abstract

The kind of changes that have appeared in adolescent rebellion phenomena in the kibbutz these past 10 years ate discussed from the sociocultural viewpoint. The frequency and expressions of the rebellion are conceived as connected closely with the interpersonal, family, social, and cultural context in which the adolescent exists. The increase of adolescent rebellion in the kibbutz seems to have occulted concurrently with the changes that have taken place in the surrounding environment making the system of values and norms in the life of the commune less clear and less valid. These changes have turned the adult society into a more ambiguous identification model than it was prior to the early 1960s.