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2. Items were scored from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), with higher values indicating more positive evaluations of MIP. Membership Process: Participants were asked to describe the process by which they joined the fraternity or sorority. Choices were (1) pledging, (2) membership intake process (MIP), and (3) a combination of pledging and MIP. The modal category was a combination process (43.8%), followed by pledging (32.8%), and MIP only (23.4%);Measures Attitudes toward Membership Intake Process (MIP). There were eleven items (a=.91) used to assess attitudes toward membership intake process as a form of initiation. Items included "MIP has effectively eliminated hazing within my fraternity/sorority
3. Region: Participants were asked to indicate the state in which they were initiated. States were combined to represent major geographic regions in the United States and abroad. Nearly half (47.3%) indicated they were initiated in the southeast. The Midwest was the second most common region (21.0%), followed by the northeast and;/ Fraternity;Paralleling gender, the majority of respondents were members of a sorority (60.5%)