Literature Review #2

(1) Visual

 

(2) Citation            

• Tate, Kevin A., Williams,Cyrus, I.,II, and Dia Harden. "Finding Purpose in Pain: Using Logotherapy as a Method for Addressing Survivor Guilt in First-Generation College Students." Journal of College Counseling 16.1 (2013): 79-92. Print.

(3) Summary

•  The article studies the feeling of survivor guilt in first-generation college students. They propose that such college students worry that they will advance too far ahead of their family and friends. Thus, they are reluctant to participate in social and academic events on campus.

(4) Author(s)

• Kevin A.Tate Assistant Professor, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Marquette University. He has extensive works related to his areas of interest including counselor competence and development, career development of marginalized and oppressed populations, liberation psychology, and critical consciousness. His areas of interest coincide with the psychological mentality of survival guilt in first-generation students.
• Cyrus Williams III Assistant Professor, Counseling Department, Regent University. Among his many areas of focus, he focuses on persistence and retention rates, and the overall college experience for first-generation college students and at risk individuals and families. He contributes to the real social college experience of first-generation students.
• Dia Harden Department of Counseling, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her career as professional school counselor allows contribution of primary observations in the study of student progression through college.

(5) Key terms

•  survivor guilt- extensive worry of being in a better position than family and friends and that he/she undeservingly has the opportunity to succeed while others are stuck in their lower positions
• logotherapy- in context, the psychological method that guides students to find motivation and purpose in college

(6) Quotes

• "These students also face significant transitional issues in adjusting to college life and are less involved in campus life and student activities than are continuing-generation college students" (Tate, Williams, and Harden 80).
• "Individuals who experience survivor guilt suffer from anxiety, depression, and other maladaptive emotions, which may prevent them from reaching their potential," (Tate, Williams, and Harden 81).
• "the difference with this college population is they do not have the luxury of generational, institutional, or social capital that is needed to succeed in higher education" (Tate, Williams, and Harden 83).

(7) Value

• The reading frames an interesting circumstance that first-generation students face. They do not want to distant themselves from old family and friends. Most commonly, first-generation student's close relatives and friends have not attain high levels of education. For such, the first-generation students refrain from integrated campus life because they do not want to seem like they have a better life (Tate, Williams, and Harden 80). Such mechanism later leads to decreased chances of success in college. I think this article provides a good basis for further in-depth research about the effect of survivor guilt on college performance.