Sex, Church Attendance, and Endorsement of Ellis's Irrational Beliefs

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Ellis proposed that certain irrational ideas or assumptions may lead to emotional disturbance by a self-suggestion process. Since Ellis suggested that the origin of these beliefs lies in the socialization process, there may be significant relationships between their frequency of endorsement and certain indices of socialization or conformity, such as church attendance. College students, 59 males and 78 females, answered anonymously a questionnaire used by Newmark, et al. indicating sex, academic class, religion, and whether or not they attended religious services regularly. Limited sample size precluded comparisons on dimensions other than those of sex and church attendance. Analysis of variance indicated nonsignificance of the main effects of sex and attendance condition; the interaction of sex and church attendance was significant. Subanalyses indicated that this significant interaction was due entirely to the elevated number of endorsements of irrational beliefs by the males who indicated they attended church. The hypothesis, therefore, was supported for the males but not the females. A smaller percentage of males than females reported regular attendance of church services.

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