First-Generation College Students, Emotional Support, and Systemic Inflammation Following the College Transition.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine whether emotional support moderates the association between college generation status and concurrent and prospective levels of systemic inflammation during the college transition among a sample of older U.S. adolescents.

Methods

At an undergraduate tertiary institution, 41 first-generation college students (first-gens) and 46 continuing-generation college students (continuing-gens) in their first semester of college reported on basic demographic information and perceived emotional support. They also had their blood drawn midway through both the first and second semester to measure C-reactive protein and interleukin-6. An inflammatory composite for each semester was created by averaging the standardized scores for log-transformed C-reactive protein and inte

SUBMITTER: Jones EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10456970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature