Prevalence and Profiling: Hazing Among College Students and Points of Intervention

Abstract

To examine university students' attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs related to hazing. Methods: A random and representative sample of students completed a web-based survey regarding teambuilding and initiation behaviors (N=736). Results: Thirty-six percent of the respondents participated in hazing. Greeks, males, varsity athletes, leaders, and upperclassmen were more likely to engage in hazing. Students who engaged in hazing were more likely to engage in positive team-building activities. Conclusions: Hazing is occurring on campus, although not always recognized as such by students. Various factors that would enable someone to stop a hazing situation are addressed.

Concepções sobre assédio moral: bullying e trote em uma escola médica

“…Outro aspecto frequentemente raro é a denúncia de violência, uma vez que esta ameaçaria a lealdade e a coesão do grupo, com ameaças potenciais de ostracismo social e de outras ações reativas de retaliação pelos pares 13 . A seguir, trazemos a definição para trote de Campo et al 14 …”

From the Sidelines: The Role of the Coach in Affecting Team Unity and Cohesion in Place of Hazing Traditions

“…This policy shift has emerged, in part, from an increased awareness of negative hazing experiences and related research on the problematic implications of hazing rituals in sport organizations (Allan & Madden, 2008;Bryshun, 1997;Bryshun & Young, 1999;Campo, Poulos & Sipple, 2005;Hoover & Pollard, 1999;Johnson, 2000;Johnson, 2007;Johnson & Donnelly, 2004;Johnson & Holman, 2004;Linhares de Albuquerque & PaesMachado, 2004;Nuwer, 2004;Robinson, 2004;Winslow, 1999).…”

“…Researchers are beginning to define the role of the coach within the varsity hazing landscape, arguing that, as a central figure, he or she can affect how their players, particularly their first year contingent, are "initiated" onto the team (Campo, Poulos & Sipple, 2005;Hoover & Pollard, 1999;Johnson & Donnelly, 2004). As the gaze of athletic administrators, media and the public alike turned towards the hazing practices of teams, the responses of the coaches varied and separated into a few camps.…”

“We do it for the team” – Student-athletes’ initiation practices and their impact on group cohesion

“…This is not uncommon as although many studies report participants drawn from a range of sports there is a tendency for results to be analysed as one cohort (e.g. Campo, Poulos, & Sipple, 2005;Waldron & Kowalski, 2009;Waldron, Lynn, & Krane, 2011). Allen and Madden (2008) in the American National Study of Student Hazing did analyse some of the data from student athletes with respect to type of sport and level.…”

“…This progression from outsider to accepted in-group member has often been described as a 'rite de passage' (Campo, Poulos, & Sipple, 2005) and the activities described as initiations or hazing ceremonies. In what is considered by many to be the first work in the area Hoover and Pollard (1999) defined hazing as; …any activity expected of someone joining a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers, regardless of the person's willingness to participate.…”