Lit Review 2

This picture is of the author of the article "An examination of alcohol expectations and social desirability in fraternity members on American college campuses."  His name is Pietro Sasso.

Sasso, Pietro A. "An Examination of Alcohol Expectations and Social Desirability in Fraternity Members on American

            College Campuses." ProQuest LLC (2012). ERIC. Web. 28 Feb. 2016.

I have requested this journal to be sent to Alexander Library, but like the book I did for my last Literature Review, I am lucky enough to have been given a preview of the journal itself.  This journal is about the alcohol problems around college campus's in America, specifically with fraternities.  In the intro, he says how fraternities are the main contributors to the alcohol problem because most students are under the age of 21, yet they go to fraternity parties and receive alcohol.

The author is Pietro Sasso.  He attended Old Dominion University and is currently an assistant professor of student affairs and involved with Educational Counseling and Leadership at Monmouth University.  He actually won the award for Outstanding Research Article of the Year in 2012, which is the year that this article was published.  His research interests include alcohol misuse in higher education, the impact of the college fraternity experience, and masculinity in higher education.  All of his research interests can relate to my research topic in different ways.  

Social Desirability- a set of behaviors associated with those who demonstrate a need for social approval 

Alcohol Expectations- the expectations you have to meet within a group of people while consuming alcohol

"Previous research indicates that many related problems associated with alcohol exist within the cultures of fraternities on American college campuses including violence, hazing, and sex," (Page 16).  

"Greek men and women reported more alcohol use than their non-Greek counterparts, and the Greek men reported more use and more negative secondary effects of alcohol than Greek women," (Page 17).

"Due to this phenomenon, fraternal organizations and campus practitioners have devoted a considerable amount of time and human capital educating new members regarding issues related to alcohol misuse," (Page 20).

I believe that this article/journal will be able to help me because the article itself is about how fraternity involvement with alcohol is bad for the campus.  I also think it will be able to help me find out how and why fraternities get kicked off campus.  This author may also help me because of his research interests.  I think I will be able to find more scholarly articles by him, allowing me to further explore the problems between the campuses and fraternities.