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SORORITY REJECTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ATTRACTIVENESS, PERSONALITY, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, ACT SCORE, INVOLVEMENT, AND CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AS PREDICTORS OF REJECTION FROM SORORITIES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT DEPARTURE

Kane, Laura Rae
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1565-5969
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460729924

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2016, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
Greek organizations provide outlets for student co-curricular involvement on many college and university campuses across the United States. Sorority membership recruitment is the process through which women seek membership. With a recent focus on values-based recruitment, one should consider how membership decisions are being made. Furthermore, if a woman feels rejected from a sorority, she could potentially feel negative emotions such as anxiety and depression, or even feel the need to depart from the institution. The purpose of this research was to determine if the variables of attractiveness, personality, grade point average, ACT score, involvement, and close friendships could predict acceptance into or rejection from a sorority as well as to determine if rejection from a sorority was related to departure from the institution. Utilizing an ex post facto quantitative design, data was collected from a mid-sized, private institution in the Midwest. The data was analyzed using correlation analysis, multiple regression full versus restricted model comparison, and exploratory factor analysis. The results of this study indicate that women with higher academic scores are more likely to be rejected by a sorority. Additionally, women who are more attractive and have NF personality function-attitude scores, which signify a more feminine, relationship-oriented personality, were more likely to be accepted into a sorority. There was no relationship between rejection and departure when examining the entire sample, however, women with ST personality function-attitudes that were rejected were likely to depart from the institution.
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Susan Iverson, Ed.D (Committee Member)
Oscar McKnight, Ph.D (Committee Member)
119 p.
Higher Education; Womens Studies
Greek life; rejection; sorority; BMI; GPA; MBTI; attractiveness; college; women; GPA; grade point average; ACT; university

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  • Kane, L. R. (2016). SORORITY REJECTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ATTRACTIVENESS, PERSONALITY, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, ACT SCORE, INVOLVEMENT, AND CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AS PREDICTORS OF REJECTION FROM SORORITIES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT DEPARTURE [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460729924

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kane, Laura. SORORITY REJECTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ATTRACTIVENESS, PERSONALITY, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, ACT SCORE, INVOLVEMENT, AND CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AS PREDICTORS OF REJECTION FROM SORORITIES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT DEPARTURE . 2016. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460729924.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kane, Laura. "SORORITY REJECTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ATTRACTIVENESS, PERSONALITY, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, ACT SCORE, INVOLVEMENT, AND CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AS PREDICTORS OF REJECTION FROM SORORITIES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT DEPARTURE ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460729924

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