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Please describe that incident or experience in a few sentences. Be sure to
indicate (a) what that incident or experience was (b) if another person or
persons were involved in this incident or experience. If so, describe them and
their relationship to you (c) what do you think was important about this
incident or experience, and why (d) what you believe the long-term effect has
been on your sense of who you are. In addition, participants were asked to
rate on a seven point scale (1=Very Negative, 7= Very Positive) (a) the
degree to which the experience was positive, as well as (b) the eventual effect
the experience had on their sense of self. A final questionnaire asked
participants if they would like to participate in a future study (Appendix E).
A demographic questionnaire (Appendix C) accompanied each CYEQ and
asked participants their age, gender, ethnicity and university attended. Participants
were also asked if they had membership in a sorority, the name of their sorority; the
length of their membership, and whether they currently lived in a sorority house.
Procedures
A purposeful sampling strategy was used to select participants for the first
phase of the study. There were four basic criteria that participants in this study met:
1. Affiliation: participants were members of a sorority affiliated with the
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC).
2. Year of Academic Standing: participants were in their junior or senior
year of college.
3. University: participants were enrolled at the large private, west coast
university.
4. Age: participants were 18 years of age or older.
Participants were recruited from eight sororities with National Panhellenic
Conference (NPC) affiliation, at one large, private west coast university. The NPC
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 63 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 55 Please describe that incident or experience in a few sentences. Be sure to indicate (a) what that incident or experience was (b) if another person or persons were involved in this incident or experience. If so, describe them and their relationship to you (c) what do you think was important about this incident or experience, and why (d) what you believe the long-term effect has been on your sense of who you are. In addition, participants were asked to rate on a seven point scale (1=Very Negative, 7= Very Positive) (a) the degree to which the experience was positive, as well as (b) the eventual effect the experience had on their sense of self. A final questionnaire asked participants if they would like to participate in a future study (Appendix E). A demographic questionnaire (Appendix C) accompanied each CYEQ and asked participants their age, gender, ethnicity and university attended. Participants were also asked if they had membership in a sorority, the name of their sorority; the length of their membership, and whether they currently lived in a sorority house. Procedures A purposeful sampling strategy was used to select participants for the first phase of the study. There were four basic criteria that participants in this study met: 1. Affiliation: participants were members of a sorority affiliated with the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). 2. Year of Academic Standing: participants were in their junior or senior year of college. 3. University: participants were enrolled at the large private, west coast university. 4. Age: participants were 18 years of age or older. Participants were recruited from eight sororities with National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) affiliation, at one large, private west coast university. The NPC |
