Self-Esteem Levels of Students Before and After Joining Social Organizations
Self-Esteem Levels of Students Before and After Joining Social Organizations
Kierstin Nicole Vater
Austin Peay State University
Abstract
The current study was to measure self-esteem levels in fraternity and sorority members before and after the pledging process on a scale of 1-10. A notification was sent out through e-mail for members of Greek organizations to volunteer to be in a study. 30 students responded, ranging from the age of 18-23. The results expressed that there was a significant difference in self-esteem levels of participants before and after the pledging process; students had a higher self-esteem after joining their social organization. Students that had a low self-esteem before they joined a social organization surely had a boost of self-confidence and it showed in the results after the participants classified their self-esteem on the scale of 1-10. Self-Esteem Levels of Students Before and After Joining Social Organizations
Researches have spent a significant amount of time studying self-esteem levels of college students. Only a few of them have focused on the levels of sorority and fraternity members on their self-esteem, how they value themselves, and how others may view them.
In one study Allison & Clark (2003) figured there could be a significant difference in eating disorders between non-sorority members versus sorority members. This study showed that women that were in sororities felt like they had to be thinner versus non-sorority women. In this study they explained that between 57 sorority and 63 non-sorority members, the sorority members self-esteem was slightly higher than women not in a sorority, but the non-sorority women self-esteem levels were more consistent than the sorority members.
In another study similar, Corts & Wells (2008) measured the satisfaction of members in an organization. In the study it showed that the members in organizations and athletes, seemed to have a different relationship with
Kierstin Nicole Vater
Austin Peay State University
Abstract
The current study was to measure self-esteem levels in fraternity and sorority members before and after the pledging process on a scale of 1-10. A notification was sent out through e-mail for members of Greek organizations to volunteer to be in a study. 30 students responded, ranging from the age of 18-23. The results expressed that there was a significant difference in self-esteem levels of participants before and after the pledging process; students had a higher self-esteem after joining their social organization. Students that had a low self-esteem before they joined a social organization surely had a boost of self-confidence and it showed in the results after the participants classified their self-esteem on the scale of 1-10. Self-Esteem Levels of Students Before and After Joining Social Organizations
Researches have spent a significant amount of time studying self-esteem levels of college students. Only a few of them have focused on the levels of sorority and fraternity members on their self-esteem, how they value themselves, and how others may view them.
In one study Allison & Clark (2003) figured there could be a significant difference in eating disorders between non-sorority members versus sorority members. This study showed that women that were in sororities felt like they had to be thinner versus non-sorority women. In this study they explained that between 57 sorority and 63 non-sorority members, the sorority members self-esteem was slightly higher than women not in a sorority, but the non-sorority women self-esteem levels were more consistent than the sorority members.
In another study similar, Corts & Wells (2008) measured the satisfaction of members in an organization. In the study it showed that the members in organizations and athletes, seemed to have a different relationship with