Dina Qiryaqoz is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minors in Spanish and Chemistry. She is a first-generation, low-income student attending Duke as a David M. Rubenstein scholar. She is grateful to her mentors, Dr. Terrie Moffitt and Dr. Jasmin Wertz, for their guidance in this project and is excited to continue this research with her senior thesis.
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Hi Dina,
I really enjoyed viewing your poster as I have been learning about the impact of SES levels in my education class that’s apart of the FOCUS program. For my question, I would love your input as to which measured variable tends to be the best indicator of expected educational attainment? Perhaps there’s not a specific one? I’d love to hear your take!
Thank you,
Chloe
Hi Dina!
This is a really interesting topic and also a visually appealing poster! As you mentioned in the future directions section, I agree that it would be interesting to examine the same factors in high SES children. I would predict a similar finding (anxiety and peer delinquency would negatively impact educational attainment), but that’s just my guess.
I’m wondering, do you have race/ethnicity data for this cohort? I would be interested to see if there is an interaction between race and SES in determining resilience and high educational attainment. My thinking is that if you are low SES and white, and have good scores for the positive factors you measured, you would be more likely to have high educational attainment. But if you are low SES and black, even good scores on the positive factors may not be good predictors of educational attainment because there are other societal factors working against you and making it even harder for you to excel academically. Not sure if you have an answer to this but might be an interesting direction for future research!
Great job on this! I really enjoyed reading your poster!
Lissette
Hi Dina!
I think your research is incredibly important and could have greater social implications. I was curious as to whether there was regional data available. Do you think educational setting (rural, urban, suburban) could be a variable impacting resilience? Or whether a schools SES composition (majority low/high SES vs diversified) served as a variable for resilience.
I would love to see how you develop this research with your thesis!
Cheers,
Dani Rubio
Hi Dina!
This was a fantastic choice of topic! Looking at all of these factors and seeing if they correlate to academic attainment was a really interesting idea. The poster is lovely to look at, and the way you presented the information was easy to follow. I am curious how you went from the different reports/measurements to your final data! Were there any inadequacies or areas of weakness in the information, and what are some other factors/methods of measurement that you would have implemented? I also think that looking into the differences between low/high SES and the impacts on educational attainment is a great idea!
Thank you for sharing this research!
Melia
Hi Dina!
Your research is very interesting and super important when we consider educational equity! I think your input on future directions would be really interesting to look into. I would also add that self-perception and stereotype threat could be additional factors to consider when addressing factors that contribute to educational attainment. Research into health outcomes for those who achieve a higher education from low SES vs. high SES backgrounds is another route to consider for future research!
Thanks,
Katie
Hey Dina,
Awesome research! I think it is very interesting trying to identify what factors in person’s development lead to a particular outcome, and using that research to help underrepresented groups is very important. In one of my classes we have been exploring the impact of “grit” on future success and one of the defining factors of grit is having a sense of purpose. I wonder what kind of impact having a sense of purpose can have within SES groups? I imagine it can be hard to measure but it could be something interesting to look into.
Awesome job,
Rodrigo
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