Student Societies

Socialization in the fraternity, moral orientations and political
attitudes of student society members.

Topics: Recruiting methods and social structure of student society
associations; factors influencing joining a fraternity early on;
motivations for joining; socialization in individual student society
phases; subordinate activities; integration; potentially leaving the
student society; identification with persons and the organization
(scale); organization-specific attitudes and norms; models; offices
patronage; student customs; society-specific attitudes; political
orientation; attitude to prohibition of extremist parties; sympathy
scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, NPD and DFU; attitude to the grand
coalition; attitude to recognition of the GDR, the Oder-Neisse Line,
the foreign policy of the FRG, reunification of Germany, permitting the
KPD again, prohibition of the NPD, democracy and dictatorship;
tolerance in questions of morals and conviction of belief; college
political orientation; attitude to reform of the universities and
stronger regimentation as well as reorganization of studies; attitude
to the political mandate of the student parlament; attitude to student
protests and personal participation in student criticism and protest
actions; preference for a political college group; scientific
orientation; dogmatism (scale); attitude to admission of foreigners,
women students and non-Catholics in the fraternity; membership in a
party; position in the fraternity.

Indices: military service performed; activity in the fraternity;
contact and integration in the student society.

Demography: age (classified); school education; vocational training;
social origins; regional origins; membership.