ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Contextualizing the Impostor "Syndrome".
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06097325 (Prevalence and Experiences of Impostor Syndrome in Anaesthesiology Residents and Chief Residents), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers.
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Prevalence and Experiences of Impostor Syndrome in Anaesthesiology Residents and Chief Residents
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Campus racial climate and impostor phenomenon among Black college students: The mediating roles of social anxiety and self-esteem.Diversity in higher education · 2025Article
- Seeking help as a strategy for ethical and professional decision-making in research: Perspectives of researchers from East Asia and the United States.Accountability in research · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Impostor Phenomenon Among Korean Daycare Directors: A Grounded Theory Approach.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Association of impostor phenomenon and burnout among Swiss residents and junior anaesthesiologists: results of a cross-sectional survey.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Observational
- High Impostors Are More Hesitant to Ask for Help.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impostor Phenomenon in Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Groups: Current Knowledge and Future Directions.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2024Review
- Imposter Phenomenon in Pediatric Residency: An Empirical Simulation-Based Educational Study.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Advancing Diversity in Behavior Genetics: Strategies for Incorporating Undergraduates into Student-Driven Research.Behavior genetics · 2024Article
- Impostor phenomenon short scale (IPSS-3): a novel measure to capture impostor feelings in large-scale and longitudinal surveys.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Development, Factor Structure, and Psychometric Validation of the Impostor Phenomenon Assessment: A Novel Assessment of Impostor Phenomenon.Assessment · 2023Review
- Exploring individual character traits and behaviours of clinical academic allied health professionals: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Impostor Phenomenon in Pharmacy Students as It Relates to Professional Identity Formation.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2023Article
- "I never should have been a doctor": a qualitative study of imposter phenomenon among internal medicine residents.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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Abstract
The impostor "syndrome" refers to the notion that some individuals feel as if they ended up in esteemed roles and positions not because of their competencies, but because of some oversight or stroke of luck. Such individuals therefore feel like frauds or "impostors." Despite the fact that impostor feelings are often linked to marginalized groups in society, to date, research predominantly approaches this phenomenon as an issue of the individual: pointing toward individuals for the roots and solutions of the "syndrome." Drawing from a rich body of social and organizational psychology research, in this perspectives piece, we propose a shift in how scholars conceptualize and empirically examine this phenomenon. Instead of framing the insecurities of individuals belonging to marginalized groups solely as a problem that arises
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