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members in regards to school involvement. Ironically, students in Greek letter
organizations constitute one subgroup that has been especially overlooked in student
development literature.
Statement of the Problem
A paper published in the Oracle, a research Journal of the Association of
Fraternity Advisors, focused on the lack of sound empirical research in regards to the
college Greek community. Molasso (2005) conducted a content analyses on research
articles published in regards to Greek organizations in the two journals that Kuh and
Bursky (1980) identified as primary to the student affairs profession: the National
Association for Student Personnel Administrators Journal (NASPA) and the Journal
of College Student Development (JOCSD). Molasso (2005) concluded that Greek
organizations are significantly under-represented in these journals: over the last
decade, few articles had been published in regards to the fraternity or sorority
community: Only 3% of NASPA journal articles and 2% of JOCSD articles focused
on Greek organizations (Molasso, 2005).
If research on Greek organizations is insufficient, research on the subset that
sororities comprise is also scant. Tripp (1997) describes sororities as neglected
variables, stating that the overwhelming amount of research in regards to Greek
organizations has focused primarily on all male fraternity groups. Tripp (1997)
noted that only 2 of the 39 articles he identified for a review article focusing on the
role of Greek organizations in student development dealt exclusively with sororities.
Object Description
| Title | Student perspectives on identity development: describing the experiences sorority members perceive influenced their identity |
| Author | Sarkissian, Vergene |
| Author email | vergenes@usc.edu; sarkv@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-13 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 2 Oct. 2009. |
| Date published | 2009-10-02 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Goodyear, Rodney K. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Malloy, Courtney Espalin, Charles A. |
| Abstract | This qualitative study examined the college related sources of impact that sorority member students perceived affected their identity development. A variant of Flanagan's (1954) Critical Incident Technique was used to ask sorority members (n=70) to describe one or two critical incidents that they believed had affected their sense of self, and then to rate the immediate positivity of the incident, as well its eventual effect on their sense of self. Three doctoral students reviewed the 100 obtained incident reports, from which they developed 14 themes: Participating in rush an/or joining a sorority; Being elected or serving in a sorority leadership position; Dealing with crisis; Receiving the support of sisters with in the sorority network; Being elected or serving in a leadership position in a campus related organization; Learning about myself as a result of a romantic relationship; Making an important, independent decision for myself; Making a commitment to community service and outreach; Sorority affiliated judgment or rejection; Having an experience of failure; Making the transition from home to college; Studying abroad; Receiving personal or career guidance from others; Engaging in a selfless act of compassion. The findings of this study provide valuable insight and knowledge to the potential benefits of sorority affiliation in regards to college women's identity development. The findings also support previous research on women's identity development and suggest gender specific developmental pathways. In congruence with student development research and theory, experiences related to student involvement, relationship, autonomy and crisis were prevalent in the participant responses. The limitations of the study, recommendations for future research and implications for higher education practice are also presented. |
| Keyword | identity development; women's identity development; sorority membership; sorority network; student inolvement; leadership; relationships; mentorship; social capital; crisis; autonomy; study abroad |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Digitized by the University of Southern California |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1619 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Sarkissian, Vergene |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Sarkissian-2435 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Sarkissian-2435.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 10 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 2 members in regards to school involvement. Ironically, students in Greek letter organizations constitute one subgroup that has been especially overlooked in student development literature. Statement of the Problem A paper published in the Oracle, a research Journal of the Association of Fraternity Advisors, focused on the lack of sound empirical research in regards to the college Greek community. Molasso (2005) conducted a content analyses on research articles published in regards to Greek organizations in the two journals that Kuh and Bursky (1980) identified as primary to the student affairs profession: the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators Journal (NASPA) and the Journal of College Student Development (JOCSD). Molasso (2005) concluded that Greek organizations are significantly under-represented in these journals: over the last decade, few articles had been published in regards to the fraternity or sorority community: Only 3% of NASPA journal articles and 2% of JOCSD articles focused on Greek organizations (Molasso, 2005). If research on Greek organizations is insufficient, research on the subset that sororities comprise is also scant. Tripp (1997) describes sororities as neglected variables, stating that the overwhelming amount of research in regards to Greek organizations has focused primarily on all male fraternity groups. Tripp (1997) noted that only 2 of the 39 articles he identified for a review article focusing on the role of Greek organizations in student development dealt exclusively with sororities. |
