APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Navigating Academic Challenges: How First-Generation Students' Emotion Links to Their Cognition

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Developmental

  • Weijia Gao
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Diefei Hu
    University of Toronto
  • Geoff Cohen
    Stanford University
  • Xingyu Li
    Stanford University
  • Ying Yao
    University of Toronto

Abstract

We analyzed data from 405 students aged 12-13 in a mathematics course. A strong correlation emerged in first-generation students between anxiety and working memory (r = -0.331, p < 0.001), absent for continuing-generation students (r = -0.050, p = 0.390). This emphasizes the link between emotions and cognitive functions.

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