The purpose of this study was to determine if significant positive relationships existed between types of extra-curricular involvement and areas of student development. The study's population consisted of campus leaders (identified as presidents of registered student organizations) at two southeastern universities: The Florida State University and The University of Florida. / Both organizational involvement (measured by the Extracurricular Involvement Index (EII)) and nonorganizational involvement (measured by the Student Activities Survey (SAS)) were assessed, along with gender and residence status, as independent variables. Three areas of student development were assessed using the Student Development Tasks and Lifestyle Inventory (SDTLI). These developmental areas which served as dependent variables were Establishing and Clarifying Purpose (PUR), Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships (MIR), and Academic Autonomy (AA). / Pearson product moment correlations and multiple regression were used to test the research questions proposed. When grouped by institution, correlational analysis determined that significant positive relationships existed between EII, SAS and PUR among the participants from both schools. EII was significantly correlated with MIR among FSU participants, but not among the UF leaders. Neither EII or SAS were found to be significantly correlated with AA at FSU or UF. / Multiple regression was applied to determine if EII, SAS, or a combined value of both (EII-SAS), better predicted areas of development. Only the significant F values of EII, SAS, and EII-SAS, when analyzed with PUR among UF participants, were at levels needed to be determined predictors. Within this group, a higher proportion of the variance of PUR was accounted for by EII-SAS than by EII and SAS individually. / When gender and residence variables were added to the analysis, these variables generally negatively effected the findings of the original analyses. / The conclusions drawn from this study suggest a need for additional research into the specific effects that extracurricular involvement has on holistic development. Such information would be helpful to higher educational professionals in determining programs which best benefit college students. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 4036. / Major Professor: John S. Waggaman. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78360 |
| Contributors | Stanford, Steven Wayne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 166 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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