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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Sorority members"”.
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Fraternity and sorority member perceptions of homophily, supportive communication, and group behavior as a function of control expectancies
… of control expectancies on fraternity and sorority member's perceptions of their group. Based on a review of the literature pertinent to this investigation nine hypotheses were forwarded. Generally speaking, the hypotheses suggest that fraternity and sorority members perceptions will differ …
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Sorority Eating Patterns: A Longitudinal Investigation
… social sororities, it generally indicates that sorority women represent a subgroup with high instances of eating disorders and often presents a conflicting view of these women's eating patterns and beliefs regarding weight loss and food. The present study was designed to continue the …
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A Quantitative Study of Self-Stereotyping and Selective Self-Stereotyping by Sorority Women
… for stereotyping and continuing stereotypes, 150 sorority women were surveyed to obtain their views on common stereotypes of sorority members. While existing literature suggests that stereotypes tend to be endorsed by out-group members, the present study explored whether sorority women (the …
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First-generation college students and greek membership : understanding college experiences through the lens of community cultural wealth
… college students and fratemity and sorority members have been explored and described independently within higher education research, less is known about the overlap in these two experiences and the culminating student population which provides the focus for this study. This study …
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Self-Esteem Among Potential Greek Members: A Pre-Post Design
… & Lieberman, 2004; Steffenhagen & Burns, 1987). Sorority recruitment is an event that includes rejection (National Panhellenic Conference, n.d.), and may negatively affect self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to determine how recruitment affects the self-esteem of participants. First, this …
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A Menu Analysis of Sorority Meals at the University of Mississippi
… the problem of making healthy dietary choices. Sorority members are uniquely suited to examining dietary habits because of their access to regular planned meals and because of the social stresses they experience in regards to body image. Menus are not required to follow nutrient specific …
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Gossip and the Group: A Self-Categorization Perspective
… to spread gossip. Using sororities as the group, members were presented with a hypothetical piece of gossip and asked the extent to which the member who gossiped is prototypical, how likely they would be to share the gossip with other group members, and how prototypical they perceive themselves to …
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Evaluation of a peer leader eating disorders prevention program for college sororities
… et al.'s (1992) AIDS prevention program. Four sorority houses comprised the sites used to test the effectiveness of the prevention program using a quasi-experimental wait-list control design. Participants in each house completed assessments of dieting behavior, dietary restraint, body image …
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The Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors among Sorority versus Non-Sorority Women
… The purpose of this study was to examine sorority versus nonsorority women to determine if there was a higher prevalence for those involved in sororities to develop disordered eating behaviors.</p> <p>Surveys were distributed to both sorority and non-sorority women to determine the …