Campus racial climate and impostor phenomenon among Black college students: The mediating roles of social anxiety and self-esteem.

ABSTRACT: Negative appraisals of campus racial climate (CRC) have been associated with diverse negative psychosocial and academic outcomes among Black college students. However, mechanisms that explain the association between CRC and suboptimal well-being indicators have been seldom explored. Further, examinations of the psychosocial and academic implications of CRC appraisals across different institutions of higher education (i.e., predominately White institutions (PWIs) and historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs)), remain limited. To address these gaps in the literature, the current study examined the mediating roles of social anxiety and self-esteem in the association between CRC and impostor phenomenon (cognitions of intellectual incompetence) among Black students attending PWIs and HBC

SUBMITTER: Bernard DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12629615 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature