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Survey data from a sample of 285 females enrolled in undergraduate classes in a large southwestern university are used to test whether gender-role attitudes & religiosity/asceticism affect feelings of guilt or feelings of control over eating, thereby, influencing dieting & bulimic behavior. Findings identify predictor variables with indirect effects on food habits through feelings of guilt or control. Path models suggest that dieting behavior crosses demographic boundaries & is related primarily to feelings of guilt: eg, bulimic behavior is explained by feelings of guilt & lack of control over food habits. An ascetic religious orientation partially causes guilt about food but also produces feelings of control over food habits that inhibit bulimic behavior. 1 Table, 2 Figures, 18 References. V. Wagener

The relationships among gender, personality traits, & symptoms of depression are examined using data from questionnaires administered to 360 residents of the Oklahoma City, Okla, metropolitan area. Although women report more symptoms of depression than men, gender is not a statistically significant predictor when personality traits are included in the analysis. Low masculinity, high femininity, having a child in the home, & single status predict depression for men. Youth, low education, low masculinity, & single status predict depression for women. Contrary to reports by some researchers of the superiority of androgyny as a model of mental health, the data do not support such a contention. 5 Tables, 38 References. Modified HA

Hypotheses linking variation in public support for corporal punishment in the schools to social class & to religion are developed & tested using data obtained in 1989 via interviews with 330 adults living in a southern US metropolitan area. Results support the hypothesis that individuals affiliated with fundamentalist Protestant denominations are more supportive than others of corporal punishment in the schools; other Protestants do not differ from Catholics or from those claiming no religious affiliation. While socioeconomic status (SES) has some direct effect on support for corporal punishment, its effects are important only in the form of respondent's level of education. This suggests that SES functions not in terms of occupational experiences or financial resources, but rather, in terms of attitudes & beliefs that are linked to educational attainment. It is contended that the greater support for corporal punishment in the schools among fundamentalists might be one manifestation of a more general punitive attitude. 2 Tables, 36 References. Adapted from the source document.