Recall bias of students’ affective experiences during early adolescence

What is it about?

The study extends previous research on recall bias by investigating change in retrospection effects of students’ affective experience during early adolescence. Our findings point to a positive recall bias (i.e., rosy view) of students’ affect ratings at the beginning of early adolescence and a negative shift in recall bias by the end of early adolescence. In other words, recall bias changed from a rosy view to a blue view. Furthermore, our findings support the hypothesis that a rosy view is less likely to occur, if a student is less emotionally involved in school. In turn, positive emotional attitudes toward school seem to serve as a buffer against the tendency toward a negative recall bias.

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