The interrelationships among measures of stress, anxiety, depression, and physical illness in a proportional sample of college undergraduates (N = 184) were examined. Significant correlations were found in the stress-illness, anxiety-illness, depression-illness, and anxiety-depression relationships. Partial correlations demonstrated that the stress-illness relationship remained significant, though lowered, when first anxiety and then depression were held constant. In the second phase of the research the indices of stress, anxiety, depression, and illness were predicted to vary by both year in school and gender within this sample. Significant differences in reported stress and anxiety by year in school and in reported illness incidence by gender were found. Possible ties between these results and research on coping, social support, and gender roles are discussed.

The study further explores the "ethical risk" hypothesis, which postulates that unethical behavior varies as a function of perceived risk. 6 determinants are tested: expectancy of gain (E gn ) and reinforcement value of gain (RV B n), expectancy of censure (En,,,,,) and reinforcement value of censure (RVcons), severity of offense, and reference group. It is hypothesized that E,. 0 n« and RVcons are significant determinants which account for more variance than the remaining ones. 64 items, each portraying a student in conflict about taking money illegally, were judged by 136 Ss as to the probability of taking the money. Except for the reference group, all main effects were significant. RVccn B explained more variance than any other source. Hence, ethical risk should be interpreted as RVc

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