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CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 64 Design ............................................................................................................................ 64 NPC Sororities Only Included in the Study ....................................................... 66 Role of the NPC Research Committee ............................................................... 67 Method ........................................................................................................................... 67 Participants ......................................................................................................... 67 Interview Structure ......................................................................................................... 69 Interview Questions ........................................................................................... 69 Interview Arrangement ...................................................................................... 70 Trustworthiness .................................................................................................. 71 Pilot Study .......................................................................................................... 72 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................. 74 Observation of Rituals ....................................................................................... 75 Challenges Faced During the Study ............................................................................... 76 Limitations ..................................................................................................................... 77 CHAPTER IV: RESULTS ......................................................................................................... 80 The Participants in the Study ......................................................................................... 80 Demographic Profile of the Participants ............................................................ 80 Dynamics of Focus Groups and Individual Interviews........................................84 Campus Descriptions ......................................................................................... 85 Ramapo College ..................................................................................... 86 University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ...................................... 86 University of Dayton (UD) .................................................................... 87 University of Southern Mississippi (USM) ........................................... 87 University of South Alabama (USA) ..................................................... 87 Louisiana State University (LSU) .......................................................... 88 Florida State University (FSU) .............................................................. 88 Tulane University ................................................................................... 89 Loyola University ................................................................................... 89 Findings .......................................................................................................................... 90 Sorority Women’s Beliefs and Values ............................................................... 91 Previous Beliefs ..................................................................................... 91 Religious Beliefs .................................................................................... 94 Sorority Women’s Perception of Ritual ............................................................. 95 Ritual as a Bonding Experience ............................................................. 95 Ritual as a Tradition ............................................................................... 98 Ritual as a Required Activity ................................................................. 99 Women’s Development Within the Sorority Experience ................................ 101 Sorority Women’s Length of Membership .......................................... 101 Sorority Women’s Level of Maturity ................................................... 104 Sorority Women’s Level of Responsibility Within the Sorority .......... 106 Ritual Ceremony and Behavior ........................................................................ 107 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 111 viii
CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 112 Summary of the Study .................................................................................................. 112 Discussion of Common Themes .................................................................................. 113 Sorority Women’s Beliefs and Values ............................................................. 113 Sorority Women’s Perception of Ritual ........................................................... 115 Women’s Development Within the Sorority Experience ................................ 116 Ritual Ceremony and Behavior ........................................................................ 119 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 121 Sorority Women’s Beliefs and Values ............................................................. 121 Sorority Women’s Perception of Ritual ........................................................... 122 Women’s Development Within the Sorority Experience ................................ 122 Ritual Ceremony and Behavior ........................................................................ 123 Recommendations for Future Research ....................................................................... 123 Implications for Practice .............................................................................................. 125 Undergraduate Sorority Women ...................................................................... 125 Sorority Advisors and Alumnae ....................................................................... 125 National Sororities ........................................................................................... 126 University Administrators ................................................................................ 126 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 129 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................ 132 APPENDIXES A CONSENT FORM .................................................................................................. 141 B PROFILE QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 143 C INTERVIEW QUESTIONS .................................................................................... 145 D LETTER TO THE GREEK ADVISOR OR UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ................. 149 E NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE CORRESONDENCE ................. 151 F LSU IRB (INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD FORM) ..................................... 160 VITA ........................................................................................................................................ 163 ix
Page 1 and 2: SORORITY RITUALS: RITES OF PASSAGE
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am very grateful
Page 5 and 6: for teaching me that a group of peo
Page 7: TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ......
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Each year th
Page 13 and 14: The member groups of the National P
Page 15 and 16: hopes of the founders rather than t
Page 17 and 18: ceremony is complete, that person i
Page 19 and 20: 80,000 women join sororities. On mo
Page 21 and 22: issues, and topics …that formerly
Page 23 and 24: when do we use it? How do we use it
Page 25 and 26: the sorority experience has on the
Page 27 and 28: The lack of information concerning
Page 29 and 30: of the NPC member groups, and to co
Page 31 and 32: CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE Thi
Page 33 and 34: Ritual Ceremonies and Symbolism in
Page 35 and 36: Robson writes further: In a world c
Page 37 and 38: strengthened by encountering differ
Page 39 and 40: student initiated and created to au
Page 41 and 42: Gradually, however, they took over
Page 43 and 44: Following the founding of Kappa Alp
Page 45 and 46: efer to themselves as "service" org
Page 47 and 48: Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity Lombard C
Page 49 and 50: What Is Ritual? In order to explain
Page 51 and 52: theorist/researcher in the area of
Page 53 and 54: Ritual as a Rite of Passage Underst
Page 55 and 56: we are and giving meaning to us wit
Page 57 and 58: am I? Well, as I see it, I am a per
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Value Congruence Research conducted
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the majority of authors . . . have
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To better understand Gilligan’s F
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only women, all with varying opinio
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member transitions to a leader/role
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development. The isolation period a
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Gilligan’s point that sex differe
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undergraduate members. Understandin
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not an option. Actual observance of
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Role of the NPC Research Committee
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the chapters were part of large nat
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where I was able to travel based up
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a whole. I piloted the interview qu
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These categories were reflective of
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participated in my sorority ritual,
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sorority women was a cognitive asse
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In addition, only one participant w
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school. Sixteen (31%) sophomore par
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itual among themselves outside of t
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was founded in 1978. Their average
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chapters ranging in size from 150 t
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participants’ feelings about the
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A few of the participants expressed
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Several of the participants related
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One of the participants explained w
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During new member education, you le
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Women’s Development within the So
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Comments from several of the partic
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When I first joined my sorority, I
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the participants referred to other
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I think that ritual has made me a b
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The reasons that the participants g
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This study included both private an
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internal value system or they know
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sorority women’s length of member
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when an 18-year old woman joins a s
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ehavior of sorority women, it must
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* The level of responsibility and /
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to evaluate sorority women and the
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they are and what role ritual has i
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numbers vary from chapter to chapte
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that those ceremonies can bring to
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Butler, E. R. (1990). Initiations r
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Kuh, G. D., & Arnold, J. C. (1992).
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Pennington, D., Zvonkovic, A. C., W
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Taylor, S.E., Peplau, L.A., C Sears
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APPENDIX A CONSENT FORM 141
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APPENDIX B PROFILE QUESTIONS 143
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APPENDIX C INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 145
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general? What would you say that th
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APPENDIX D (LETTER TO THE GREEK ADV
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APPENDIX E NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CON
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six months doing literature researc
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common knowledge similarities--the
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Correspondence II To: Shelia Barnes
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I truly appreciate your guidance an
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Application for Exemption from IRB
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VITA Mari Ann Callais was born in 1
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