Impostor phenomenon in university students: Contributions of demographic and personality variables

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento da Silva, Paulo Gregório
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: de Araújo, Gleyde Raiane, Lopes da Cunha, Laís Renata, Bezerra de Medeiros, Paloma Cavalcante, Martins Monteiro Silva, Ana Carolina, de Carvalho Sousa, Maria Carolina, Silva e Araújo, Ramnsés, de Medeiros, Emerson Diógenes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2023.9.2.306
• topic: Fenômeno do Impostor; Traços de Personalidade; Universitários; Conscienciosidade; Neuroticismo; Estudo Transversal; Impostor Phenomenon; Personality Traits; University Students; Conscientiousness; Neuroticism; Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: This research aimed to investigate the influence of personality traits on the impostor phenomenon by controlling for demographic variables and to validate the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) in a Northeast Brazilian university sample. Method: We assessed 204 university students from a Higher Education Institution in Piauí (Mage = 22.88), predominantly female (57.3%) from Psychology (38.9%) and Pedagogy (15.7%) programs, using the Inventory of the Big Five Personality Factors (IBFP-20), the CIPS, and a Sociodemographic questionnaire. Results: The CIPS’s unifactorial structure was confirmed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and its reliability was secured (α = 0.92 and ω = 0.92). Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that alongside age, conscientiousness and neuroticism were significant traits predicting the impostor phenomenon, while gender did not prove to be a significant predictor. Conclusions: The findings validate the CIPS and emphasize the significance of personality traits, such as conscientiousness and neuroticism, in relation to the vulnerability or resilience to the impostor phenomenon, particularly in younger university students.