Abstract:Impostor syndrome—feeling like a fraud who does not belong—is commonly reported by postsecondary students. Using a cross-sectional survey, we found that heightened imposturous feelings were reported by students of subjectively lower socioeconomic status (SES), and that this association was explained by lower university engagement. Further, if a greater proportion of a participant’s friends were cross-SES friends, the relationship between lower subjective SES and imposturous feelings was stronger. This demonstrates a downside to cross-group friendships and generates directions for future research and interventions.

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跨社会经济阶层的友谊会加剧低社会经济地位学生的自卑感

摘要：冒名顶替综合症——感觉自己像一个不属于自己的骗子——是大专学生普遍报告的情况。使用横断面调查，我们发现主观上较低的社会经济地位 (SES) 的学生报告了更强烈的冒充情绪，并且这种关联是由较低的大学参与度来解释的。此外，如果参与者的朋友中更大比例的朋友是跨社会经济地位的朋友，则较低的主观社会经济地位与冒充感觉之间的关系更强。这表明了跨群体友谊的不利因素，并为未来的研究和干预指明了方向。