In this study, the author examines the influence of college friendship groups on students' intellectual self-confidence and educational aspirations. Findings indicate that at the interpersonal level, the competing effects of relative deprivation and environmental press are present among white students. Racial diversity in the friendship group was found to have positive effects, but only for students of color.
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