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Two 21 year old participants described their sorority leadership experience in
regards to their identity development:
I feel like I’ve found an identity by taking major leadership positions in the
house. I developed authority, integrity and a personal code of ethics.
One incident that helped shape my sense of who I am was getting elected the
president of my pledge class. The entire pledge class voted on who would be
the most reliable person, liaison between pledges and actives, and most
responsible leader. Getting elected by these girls meant a lot to me because
they are amazing girls and their respect and admiration is really special…
A senior participant spoke to the skills she had gained as a result of her leadership
experience in her sorority:
...I learned to be a leader, work with a diverse group of individuals,
communicate while trying execute a large scale event. I wanted to be an
event planner, so it was my first experience planning a large scale event, I
gained confidence that I could do so, and very well.
3. Dealing with Crisis (Crisis) This category was indicative of incidents
participants reported as related to dealing with crisis and comprised 10 of the
incident reports. These struggles included dealing with deaths in the family, eating
disorders, sexual assault, as well as managing multiple social and academic
demands.
A 22 year old senior described the effects of dealing with an eating disorder
on her sense of self:
The incident is realizing and overcoming eating disorders and understanding
the reasons I did it. I took strength from my friends around me...most of my
friends have been going through their own. They encouraged me to go
through therapy and overcome my disorder. This changed me in so many
ways in that I now love myself and believe in myself.
This 21 year old senior described experiencing a death in the family:
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 71 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 63 Two 21 year old participants described their sorority leadership experience in regards to their identity development: I feel like I’ve found an identity by taking major leadership positions in the house. I developed authority, integrity and a personal code of ethics. One incident that helped shape my sense of who I am was getting elected the president of my pledge class. The entire pledge class voted on who would be the most reliable person, liaison between pledges and actives, and most responsible leader. Getting elected by these girls meant a lot to me because they are amazing girls and their respect and admiration is really special… A senior participant spoke to the skills she had gained as a result of her leadership experience in her sorority: ...I learned to be a leader, work with a diverse group of individuals, communicate while trying execute a large scale event. I wanted to be an event planner, so it was my first experience planning a large scale event, I gained confidence that I could do so, and very well. 3. Dealing with Crisis (Crisis) This category was indicative of incidents participants reported as related to dealing with crisis and comprised 10 of the incident reports. These struggles included dealing with deaths in the family, eating disorders, sexual assault, as well as managing multiple social and academic demands. A 22 year old senior described the effects of dealing with an eating disorder on her sense of self: The incident is realizing and overcoming eating disorders and understanding the reasons I did it. I took strength from my friends around me...most of my friends have been going through their own. They encouraged me to go through therapy and overcome my disorder. This changed me in so many ways in that I now love myself and believe in myself. This 21 year old senior described experiencing a death in the family: |
