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Racial Identity, Self-Esteem, and the Impostor Phenomenon Among African American College Students:
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The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual's persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence as mentioned in this paper, which has been found to negatively affect many college studen...Abstract:
The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual’s persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence. The presence of IP has been found to negatively affect many college studen...read more
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Prevalence, Predictors, and Treatment of Impostor Syndrome: a Systematic Review
Dena M. Bravata,Sharon A. Watts,Autumn L. Keefer,Divya K. Madhusudhan,Katie Taylor,Dani M. Clark,Ross S. Nelson,Kevin Cokley,Heather K. Hagg +8 more
TL;DR: Clinicians and employers should be mindful of the prevalence of imppostor syndrome among professional populations and take steps to assess for impostor feelings and common comorbidities.
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Impostor phenomenon and mental health: The influence of racial discrimination and gender.
TL;DR: Examination of the extent to which gender and racial discrimination moderated the association between IP and indices of mental health among African American college students revealed that young African American women reporting higher frequencies of racial discrimination and women reporting lower levels of distress resulting from racial discrimination were most vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes.
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Racial discrimination, racial identity, and impostor phenomenon: A profile approach.
TL;DR: IP is influenced by racial discrimination experiences as well as by the significance and meaning that individuals ascribe to being African American.
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Learning While Black: A Culturally Informed Model of the Impostor Phenomenon for Black Graduate Students:
Steven Stone,Chastity Saucer,Marlon Bailey,Ramya Garba,Ashley Hurst,Stacey Jackson,Nolan Krueger,Kevin Cokley +7 more
TL;DR: The authors presented a culturally informed model of the impostor phenomenon construct for Black graduate students who attend predominantly white universities and found that the imposter phenomenon is an internal phenomenon, not an external phenomenon.
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Contextualizing the Impostor "Syndrome".
Sanne Feenstra,Christopher T. Begeny,Michelle K. Ryan,Michelle K. Ryan,Floor Rink,Janka I. Stoker,Jennifer Jordan +6 more
TL;DR: It is argued that it is critical for future research to consider the important role of the environment in eliciting their impostor feelings as well, and address the contextual roots of individuals’ imposter feelings, and offer more structural and effective solutions.
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The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention.
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Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity: A Preliminary Investigation of Reliability and Construct Validity
Robert M. Sellers,Stephanie J. Rowley,Stephanie J. Rowley,Tabbye M. Chavous,J. Nicole Shelton,Mia A. Smith +5 more
TL;DR: This paper presented preliminary evidence regarding the reliability and validity of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI), which consists of seven subscales representing three stable dimensions of African American racial identity (Centrality, Ideology, and Regard).