Document Type
Poster Presentation
Publication Date
2-18-2023
Abstract
A core tenet of Bandura’s (1986) Social Cognitive Theory is that cognitive factors motivate human behavior. For instance, believing that earning high grades will result in a desirable job will motivate one to earn higher grades. Here, we suggest that externalizing the responsibility of one’s college education are more likely to struggle academically.
As part of a larger study, college students (N = 396) from three universities reported their externalized academic responsibility (Chowning & Campbell, 2009), self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1985), narcissism (Gentile et al. 2013), and GPA. It was hypothesized that externalized academic responsibility would be negatively associated with GPA. In an exploratory follow-up analysis, we examined whether narcissism or self-esteem moderated this association.
There was a negative correlation between externalized academic responsibility and GPA (r = -.37, p
Host
St. Thomas University, Gus Machado College of Business
Conference/Symposium
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC)
City/State
Miami Gardens, FL
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
Brule, A., Cooper, P. J., & Pauletti, R. E. (2023, February 17-18). Whose fault is it? Externalizing academic responsibilities is associated with lower GPA [Poster presentation]. Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL, United States.
