Many first-generation college students—whose parents have not obtained a 4-year college degree—experience a “cultural mismatch” due to a lack of alignment between the independent values of their university (consistent with the culture of higher education) and their own interdependent values (consistent with working-class culture). We documented this mismatch at a 4-year university (n = 465), and then tested a values-affirmation intervention in a laboratory study (n = 220) that encouraged students to affirm both independent values and interdependent values. We compared this intervention, which had not previously been tested in a 4-year university, to a standard values-affirmation intervention and control. This intervention increased first-generation students’ perceptions of cultural match and improved achievement on a math test for all students, on average, by increasing confidence and reducing distraction on the test. Encouraging students to integrate independent and interdependent values may improve first-generation college students’ experiences in higher education.

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肯定独立和相互依存的价值观可以提高所有学生的成就并减轻第一代大学生的文化不匹配

许多第一代大学生——其父母没有获得 4 年制大学学位——由于大学的独立价值观（与高等教育文化一致）与他们自己的价值观之间缺乏一致性而经历了“文化不匹配”。相互依存的价值观（与工人阶级文化一致）。我们在一所四年制大学 ( n = 465)记录了这种不匹配，然后在实验室研究 ( n = 220) 中测试了价值观肯定干预，该干预鼓励学生肯定独立价值观和相互依存的价值观。我们将这种先前未在四年制大学中进行过测试的干预与标准的价值观肯定干预和控制进行了比较。这种干预提高了第一代学生对文化匹配的看法，并提高了所有学生的数学考试成绩，平均而言，通过增加信心和减少考试分心。鼓励学生整合独立和相互依存的价值观可以改善第一代大学生的高等教育体验。