BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131717 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Social Psychology Papers VI: The Social Self PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200618T110000 DTEND:20200618T122100 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:CHAIR: MICHAEL KITCHENS

11:00am - 11:15am
BELIEFS ABOUT GOD ARE AT THE HEART OF THE SELF
MICHAEL KITCHENS, ELIZABETH BARTO, BENJAMIN HOFFMAN (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE)
Are religious beliefs important to identity? We investigated this question by adapting a paradigm from previous research, showing that central features of identity have more connections with other features of the self. Our results showed that people (N = 60; 21% atheist/agnostic) identified more and stronger connections between their religious beliefs about god(s) and their self-reported, important features of identity than the connections between their religious beliefs and relatively peripheral features of their identity.

11:20am - 11:35am
STEREOTYPE THREAT, ACADEMIC RISK, AND RETENTION AMONG LATINOS
KEVIN RODRIGUEZ, MARISA MEALY, JOSÉ CARLOS DEL AMA, ALEXIS MAYI (CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY)
Latinos who entered a 4-year university full-time in 2010 have a graduation rate of only 54% (de Brey et al., 2019). Path analyses from this study indicate that Latinos with a higher perception of negative stereotypes from others and lower school attitudes are more likely to be at academic risk. Higher academic risk and lower socioeconomic status predict the likelihood of a student considering dropping out. The implications of these findings will be discussed.

11:40am - 11:55am
YOUR GROUP HATES MY GROUP, BUT MY GROUP ONLY DOES NICE THINGS
BRANDON STEWART (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE)
When explaining motivations for conflict by one’s own group, people will often say that conflict with another group is due to our group having empathy for our ingroup. However, for motivations of the other group, we will say that the other group creates conflict with our group because the other group hates our group. We sought to create a model that identifies threat factors that exacerbate and reduce this Motive Bias and to offer solutions.

12:00pm - 12:15pm
NONTRADITIONAL AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATES: HELP SEEKING AND COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT
JANET CHANG, KRISTEN OHL, DANIEL PURNELL, ERIN WALSH, RAYANN NICEWONGER, DUNYA MARKOVIC (WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA)
Research on social-class culture and the help-seeking experiences of nontraditional and first-generation college students/graduates is limited. A family case study was conducted, involving three White adult siblings who are nontraditional and first-generation college graduates. The age when they attended college influenced their college adjustment. They emphasized the importance of social reputation, self-reliance, and relational concerns that inhibited disclosure. They sought help for academic problems from others who were in comparable situations or similar to them. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR