A cultural mismatch: Independent cultural norms produce greater increases in cortisol and more negative emotions among first-generation college students

2012/07/27 by Nicole K. Stephens, Nicole M. Stephens, Sarah S.M. Townsend +4 · 338 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognition #Cognitive reappraisal #Cognitive reframing #Cultural Differences and Values #Developmental psychology #Expressive Suppression #Framing (construction) #Generation gap #Generation y #Interdependence #Middle class #Psychology #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.07.008

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48(6), 1389-1393 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2012/07/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Citations

• Cultural Ways of Learning: Individual Traits or Repertoires of Practice
• 1. Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Cited by

• Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus
• Teaching Social Class
• How Cultural Capital Shapes Mental Health Care Seeking in College
• Early Detection of Mental Stress Using Advanced Neuroimaging and Artificial Intelligence
• (No) Harm in Asking
• The cycle of workplace bias and how to interrupt it
• First-generation students' underperformance at university: the impact of the function of selection. [europepmc]
• The student-institution fit at university: interactive effects of academic competition and social class on achievement goals. [europepmc]
• Addressing Stereotype Threat is Critical to Diversity and Inclusion in Organizational Psychology. [europepmc]
• Views of a good life and allostatic load: Physiological correlates of theories of a good life depend on the socioeconomic context. [europepmc]
• Knowing One's Place: Parental Educational Background Influences Social Identification with Academia, Test Anxiety, and Satisfaction with Studying at University. [europepmc]
• HARNESSING VALUES TO PROMOTE MOTIVATION IN EDUCATION. [europepmc]
• Cortisol Awakening Response, Internalizing Symptoms, and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adults. [europepmc]
• Different Institutions and Different Values: Exploring First-Generation Student Fit at 2-Year Colleges. [europepmc]
• Regional Cultures and the Psychological Geography of Switzerland: Person-Environment-Fit in Personality Predicts Subjective Wellbeing. [europepmc]
• Coping With Stigma in the Workplace: Understanding the Role of Threat Regulation, Supportive Factors, and Potential Hidden Costs. [europepmc]
• Preliminary Indications That First Semester Students From Academic Households Exhibit Higher Hair Cortisol Concentrations Than Their Peers From Nonacademic Households. [europepmc]
• A registered report on how implicit pro-rich bias is shaped by the perceiver's gender and socioeconomic status. [europepmc]
• An exploration of engagement and effectiveness of an online values affirmation. [europepmc]
• Academic Stress and Emotional Well-Being in United States College Students Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. [europepmc]
• Home-School Cultural Value Mismatch: Antecedents and Consequences in a Multi-Ethnic Sample Transitioning to College. [europepmc]
• Understanding Differences in Underrepresented Minorities and First-Generation Student Perceptions in the Introductory Biology Classroom. [europepmc]
• Burnout among psychotherapists: a cross-cultural value survey among 12 European countries during the coronavirus disease pandemic. [europepmc]
• Longitudinal examinations of changes in well-being during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the roles of extraversion and social distancing. [europepmc]
• Association between psychosocial factors and C-reactive protein across income, race, and sex. [europepmc]
• Peer-Peer Cultural Value Mismatch in the Dormitory During the Transition to College: Antecedents and Correlates. [europepmc]
• The role of emotional similarity and emotional accuracy in belonging and stress among first-generation and continuing-generation students. [europepmc]
• The promise and pitfalls of a strength-based approach to child poverty and neurocognitive development: Implications for policy. [europepmc]
• Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test- and Teacher-Based Assessments. [europepmc]
• Affirming both independent and interdependent values improves achievement for all students and mitigates cultural mismatch for first-generation college students. [europepmc]
• Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience. [europepmc]