The substituetlt effects on the chemical shifts of the Cg bridge protons in a scries of 6-substituted benzonorbornenes and benzonorbornadienes, and on those of the Cz protons in 6-substituted 2-indanols, were investigated. They were linearly correlated with the modified Hammett relationship 7, -7, = p(um + uP)/2. The p values obtained from the anti-Co protons in the bornenes and bornadienes were slightly but significantly larger than those from the corresponding syn protons, whereas no significant difference was observed between the p values obtained from syn-9-benzonorbornenols and the indanols. The larger pa,,, values were explained in terms of a stereospecific electronic interaction between the T-electron system of the benzene ring and the orbital system of the bridge carbon. In addition, it was shown that the above modified Hammett relationship gives generally a good agreement with the substituent effects on the aliphatic constituents of benzocyclenes and analogous compounds.