Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35564953›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Impostor Phenomenon in the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey.

Matthew J Landry, Dylan A Bailey, MinJi Lee, Samuel Van Gundy, Audrey Ervin

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. An Investigation of the Employment Outcomes and Perceived Preparedness for Employment of Irish Dietetics Graduates.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew J LandryStanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2285-7702
Dylan A BaileyWell Done Nutrition, LLC., Millburn, NJ 07041, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8590-3759
MinJi LeeDepartment of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Recreation, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA.
Samuel Van GundySan Diego VA Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
Audrey ErvinDepartment of Counseling Psychology, Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA 18901, USA.
Delaware Valley College · USSoutheast Missouri State University · USStanford University · USVA San Diego Healthcare System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impostor phenomenon (IP) (also known as impostor syndrome) describes high-achieving individuals who, despite their objective successes, fail to internalize their accomplishments and have persistent self-doubt and fear of being exposed as a fraud or impostor. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of IP within a sample of nutrition and dietetics students and practitioners. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted and utilized a non-random, convenience sampling approach. A total of 1015 students, dietetic interns, and currently practicing and retired registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetic technicians registered provided complete responses. IP was assessed with the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS). Self-reported job satisfaction and well-being were assessed using validated scales. Average CIPS score was 66.0 ± 16.3 (range 22−99), and higher scores indicate more frequent or severe IP experiences. Frequent or intense IP was reported by 64% of survey respondents (n = 655). Older age, greater educational attainment and professional level, and membership in Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics groups were associated with lower IP scores. Greater social media use was associated with higher IP scores. Job satisfaction and overall well-being were inversely correlated with IP (p < 0.001). Findings suggest that IP experiences were common among a majority of nutrition and dietetics students and practitioners surveyed. Additional research and development of preventative strategies and interventions is needed.

Indexed as

DieteticsNutritionistsAnxiety DisordersCross-Sectional StudiesHumansSelf Conceptcareer advancementimpostor syndromejob performancementoringnutrition and dieteticsoccupational healththe impostor phenomenon

Identifiers

PMID35564953
PMCPMC9099444
OpenAlexW4225320865

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.