Many of the problems in adolescence are stimulated by a specific culture factor. This factor is the lack of respect that the particular culture has for the individual as to both his life and his freedom. Apparently Gardner considers this to exist today because of our society's tacit approval of violent aggression, as demonstrated, for example, by television programs, and also because of our general brutalization by acts of war. The individual tends to react to these factors either by succumbing neurotically to his fears or by giving unbridled license to his aggressive impulses.