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CHAPTER FOUR
RESULTS
This chapter presents the results of the study. Each section begins with the
research question that was used to guide the study. The results consist of qualitative
data analysis. Participant data, descriptions of the 14 themes developed from
participants’ critical incidents and excerpts from the CYEQ responses describing
each category will be used to address the first research question. Participant ratings
regarding the experience’s positivity and eventual impact on their sense of self will
address the second and third question.
Research Question One
The first research question was: What experiences in college do sorority
member students report as having been particularly important to the development of
their sense of self?
Table 1 lists the categories with the abbreviated names used in the analyses.
The four categories that had the most incidents were those that dealt with sorority
membership, sorority network, leadership within the sorority, as well as leadership
within a campus related organization, accounting for 30 of the incidents. The
majority of the 100 incidents were reported by participants to have occurred in their
Junior (32%, n=32) and Freshman year (31% n=31). Twenty-three (23%) of the
incidents occurred in the sophomore year and 10 (10%) in the senior year of college.
Four (4%) participants reported incidents occurring at several years within their
college career.
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 |
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| Title | Page 66 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 58 CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS This chapter presents the results of the study. Each section begins with the research question that was used to guide the study. The results consist of qualitative data analysis. Participant data, descriptions of the 14 themes developed from participants’ critical incidents and excerpts from the CYEQ responses describing each category will be used to address the first research question. Participant ratings regarding the experience’s positivity and eventual impact on their sense of self will address the second and third question. Research Question One The first research question was: What experiences in college do sorority member students report as having been particularly important to the development of their sense of self? Table 1 lists the categories with the abbreviated names used in the analyses. The four categories that had the most incidents were those that dealt with sorority membership, sorority network, leadership within the sorority, as well as leadership within a campus related organization, accounting for 30 of the incidents. The majority of the 100 incidents were reported by participants to have occurred in their Junior (32%, n=32) and Freshman year (31% n=31). Twenty-three (23%) of the incidents occurred in the sophomore year and 10 (10%) in the senior year of college. Four (4%) participants reported incidents occurring at several years within their college career. |
