2021 EXPO DwD Carper (Psychology)

The Impact of Guilt on Working Memory in College Students

Abstract 

First generation students are a growing population on college campuses across the country. Prior research (Covarrubias et al. 2014; Covarrubias et al. 2015; & Covarrubias et al. 2020) has indicated that first-generation students (students who do not have a parent that holds a degree from higher education) face a certain level of guilt upon leaving their families to attend a university, however it has yet to be explored how this guilt impacts their learning. This study is designed to test the hypothesis that family achievement guilt lowers working memory more in first generation students than it does in continuing generation students. It also aims to investigate the construct validity of the Family Achievement Guilt scale created by Covarrubias et al. (2020). In order to assess working memory and guilt, participants were asked to complete a writing prompt about either guilt or a neutral topic, a working memory task, and the Family Achievement Guilt scale. IRB #74.

Presentation - Zoom (10:30 - 11:25 a.m.)

• Zoom link: https://dom.zoom.us/j/99114384138
• Meeting ID: 991 1438 4138

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