Movin' on up (to college): First-generation college students' experiences with family achievement guilt

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 420-429

  Covarrubias, Rebecca ^a   Fryberg, Stephanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural mismatching; Family achievement guilt; First generation college students; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTINUING GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT GUILT; FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT GUILT ITEM; FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT GUILT QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT; GUILT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT GUILT; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR GUILT SUBSCALE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937044220     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037844     Document Type: Article

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