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Cross-Socioeconomic Class Friendships Can Exacerbate Imposturous Feelings Among Lower-SES Students
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 60, Number 5, September-October 2019
- pp. 595-611
- 10.1353/csd.2019.0056
- Article
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Abstract
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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