Opinion Expression on Hazing: Has the Spiral of Silence Reached the Portuguese Higher Education?

Autor/inn/en	Alexandre, José Carlos; Aguiar-Conraria, Luís
Titel	Opinion Expression on Hazing: Has the Spiral of Silence Reached the Portuguese Higher Education?
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45 (2021) 10, S.1325-1341 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aguiar-Conraria, Luís)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2020.1860205
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; School Policy; Hazing; Social Influences; Social Attitudes; Social Isolation; Fear; Interpersonal Communication; Mass Media Use; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schulpolitik; Student unions; Student organizations; Initiation rite; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Initiation; Initiationsritus; Sozialer Einfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Soziale Isolation; Furcht; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Mediennutzung
Abstract	Previous studies have associated initiation practices, also known as hazing, with conformity, fear, apprehension, anxiety, submission, coercion, desire for group integration, and acceptance. Therefore, students undergo several types of influences or pressures. We argue that the social environment surrounding the hazing in Portuguese universities has all the conditions to raise a spiral of silence. We tested and confirmed Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's Spiral of Silence theory. Our empirical analysis is based on questionnaires to a sample of 350 students from two Portuguese institutions. We addressed several additional relevant variables, namely ones derived from the Theory of Planned Behaviour, and Communication Apprehension. Our results show that students who are against hazing and perceive a majority opinion in favour are less likely to express their opinions. We were also able to identify some identifying features of the avant-gardes: the minority that challenges the status quo. These are students who show a willingness to communicate, pay attention to the media, and come from families with higher educational backgrounds. We argue that top-down public policies about hazing are likely to fail. It will be better, in a bottom-up approach, to identify and support the avant-gardes (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01