Yep!! I’ve seen that research. The problem is that there’s a selection bias. Students who join Greek life already have higher positive mental health before they join, which is one of the reasons they are open to it in the first.
As an alumni advisor at a big sports school, and a guy sober for 43 years, this article rings true. And I immediately thought of the other highly publicized incidents you mentioned, especially the one in Nashville, which is close to where I live.
No, I don’t have any quick answers. To be honest, in the ‘70s that could have been me for all the “stupid stuff” I and my fraternity brothers did. National fraternity headquarters all have strong risk-management guidelines. Nonetheless, it’s the local chapter that must exercise them (or not!) and that’s spotty at best.
Also interesting is that Fraternity and sorority affiliated students report higher positive mental health scores from this study at UTK. https://foundationfe.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PERC_Mental-Health-Study-2020.pdf
Yep!! I’ve seen that research. The problem is that there’s a selection bias. Students who join Greek life already have higher positive mental health before they join, which is one of the reasons they are open to it in the first.
As an alumni advisor at a big sports school, and a guy sober for 43 years, this article rings true. And I immediately thought of the other highly publicized incidents you mentioned, especially the one in Nashville, which is close to where I live.
No, I don’t have any quick answers. To be honest, in the ‘70s that could have been me for all the “stupid stuff” I and my fraternity brothers did. National fraternity headquarters all have strong risk-management guidelines. Nonetheless, it’s the local chapter that must exercise them (or not!) and that’s spotty at best.