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With this image, I will show why there is a difference between first generation and the continuiing generation, in terms of motivation towards academics.


First-generation students tend to be more successful with college adjustment. They tend to have more
extra-curriculars and also more support from friends and so, their “internal locus of control” is more positively associated with them.  Though when faced with adversity, first-generation students tend to do worse than the continuing generation, as depicted in Figure 1. In the end, they manage to do just as well as the continuing generation, but it is more of an overall struggle in doing so. In Figure 2, generational status is seen as sensitizing. When conditions are favorable, they are better off than the continuing generation but again, struggle more than the continuing generation when faced with adversity.