The impact of college experience on political and social attitudes
| Autor: | Peter J. Kuriloff, Ilsa L. Lottes |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Social Psychology
Higher education Context effect business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Fraternity Gender Studies Politics Developmental and Educational Psychology Sexual orientation Attitude change Homosexuality Psychology business Social psychology media_common Social influence |
| Zdroj: | Sex Roles. 31:31-54 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2762 0360-0025 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01560276 |
| Popis: | In the last two decades a considerable volume of research has focused on how the college experience affects students. The purpose of the research reported here was to investigate to what extent students (predominantly Caucasian) at a highly selective university on the East coast changed their political and social attitudes during college. In particular, the influences of religious background, gender, membership in a fraternity or sorority, and time in college on attitudes were examined. Results indicated that students as seniors scored higher on measures of liberalism, social conscience, homosexuality tolerance and feminist attitudes and lower on male-dominant attitudes than they did as first year students. Given the lack of previous studies of change in attitudes toward homosexuality in college and the current political debate about issues relating to sexual orientation, an important finding was the substantial increase in tolerance of homosexuality by all subgroups. Results are discussed with respect to the special characteristics and potential influence of Ivy League students. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full text from SpringerLink