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Sorority Body Image Program

As a member of one of the Trinity sororities, you will have the opportunity to participate in a very special and unique program, the Sorority Body Image Program (SBIP). Accomplishing something that no other sorority system in the nation, local or national, has ever done, Trinity sororities collectively have taken a leadership role in the area of body image by implementing the first evidence-based, sustainable eating disorders prevention program in the country. Members of the Trinity sororities also have the distinction of designing a program that regularly contributes to the growing scientific literature on the prevention of eating disorders. As a result, the SBIP truly embodies many sorority values by combining service, leadership, and academic achievement.

The SBIP is overseen by psychology professor Dr. Carolyn Becker, and is completely staffed by sorority members. It will officially run for the 7th consecutive year in 2009-2010. This program discusses the pressures our society currently puts on young women to achieve an unattainable, extremely thin body figure, and how we as women can resist these pressures, adopt a healthy lifestyle, and feel comfortable in our own skin. In addition to providing the new sorority members with the chance to learn how to feel more positively about their bodies, the SBIP also provides upperclass sorority members with the chance for leadership and service by becoming peer-facilitators of the program. Members who complete the program and peer-facilitator training gain valuable group leadership experience, and serve as mentors to younger sorority members. Select members whose academic interests coincide with the research component of the SBIP also have the opportunity to oversee the program by becoming research assistants in the Department of Psychology. To date, fourteen Trinity sorority research assistants have earned co-authorship on papers or posters presented at national or international conferences, and seven have co-authored papers published by or submitted to peer-reviewed journals.

This innovative program at Trinity has recently come to the attention of national sororities, and since 2007-2008 has expanded to more universities across the country. As a Trinity sorority member, you have the opportunity to be a part of a truly unique and groundbreaking program that is gaining national attention for the positive and effective message it delivers to college women regarding their bodies.

 

 


Questions or comments?
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