title: Year in college and sorority membership in predicting self-esteem of a sample of college women.
abstract: The empirical base for judging whether fraternity membership may be associated with higher self-esteem of college women as well as men is not strong and does not extend beyond the freshman year. This study was done to examine the relations among year in college, sorority membership, and self-esteem. Senior women reported highest scores on self-esteem. Members of sororities did not have a higher mean self-esteem than those who were not. No significant interaction between year in college and sorority membership was noted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, MSC 7401, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA. savillbk@jmu.edu
authors.forename: Bryan K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Saville
authors.forename: Kristen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities