Sorority Members’ Views of Negative Stereotypes

Authors

Beate Wilson, Western Illinois UniversityFollow
Craig Tollini Ph.D., Western Illinois UniversityFollow

Publication Date

March 2013

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25774/9n91-tc88

First Page

35

Last Page

47

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to have sorority members identify the negative stereotypes they believed other members of the university community had of them and the extent to which they believed these stereotypes were both accurate for and damaging to their chapters. To gather these perspectives, four focus groups were conducted with thirty-six women from four National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) member sororities at a medium-sized, midwestern, public university. In addition to the findings, implications and recommendations are also provided.

Recommended Citation

Wilson, Beate and Tollini, Craig Ph.D. (2013) "Sorority Members’ Views of Negative Stereotypes," Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25774/9n91-tc88
Available at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/oracle/vol8/iss1/5