Kathleen McNamara

Attitudes toward women and their work roles: effects of intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientations

This study examined the effects of personal religious orientation, religious denomination, and gender on attitudes toward women and their work roles using a sample of 263 single undergraduate university students. Subjects with a high intrinsic religious orientation put significantly more emphasis on family than career in their anticipated general lifestyle relative to those with a low intrinsic religious orientation. Subjects with a high intrinsic religious orientation were also more likely to anticipate the female spouse spending less time in a profession during the childrens early years. Males showed more traditional attitudes toward women than females, but there were no gender effects on measures of preferred general lifestyle, preferred child-care distribution, or preferred career involvement for the wife. Subjects belonging to mainline and conservative denomination did not differ significantly in their attitudes toward women or their work roles.

A structured group program for repeat dieters

Abstract This article describes a structured group program for women who repeatedly diet and who may be at risk of developing more serious eating disorders, such as bulimia

Group counseling for overweight and depressed college women: A comparative evaluation

Abstract Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral group programs for weight control were effective in producing weight reductions, as well as alleviating depressed mood, fear of negative evaluations, and social avoidance and distress. Results are discussed in terms of the need to evaluate group process variables in weight control groups