Word: scheff
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This study confirms the findings from studies in other colleges that there is a negative association between religious preference and church attendance and the use of psychiatric services. Studies by Davie at Yale, Boyce and Barnes at the University of Western Ontario, and Scheff at the University of Wisconsin showed that students were more likely to seek psychiatric help if they were unaffiliated or were in the "other" category. In our study, Roman Catholic students were less likely than other groups to use the Psychiatric Service. Also, regular church attendance, as reported at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard...