Studied the direct effects of demographic variables, religiosity, psychosocial stress variables, and sociostructural variables on the communal attitudes of 171 African American adult men, aged 17 to 79 years. Age and educational attainment were not significantly associated with communalism. Relational stress, financial stress, and stress resulting from racism was not systematically related to communalism, but subjective religiosity and early religious involvement were related to communal attitudes. (SLD)