Signs, symptoms, factors and pathologies associated with imposter syndrome in university students

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Caroline de Melo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Boebel, Kleire Joice de Oliveira, Ribeiro , Natália dos Santos, Mendes, Taynara de Sousa, Barbosa , Poliana Fernandes Brito, Moraes Filho, Iel Marciano de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31380
• topic: Ansiedad; Estrés Psicológico; Enfermos Mentales; Trastornos de Adaptación; Trastornos mentales.; Ansiedade; Estresse Psicológico; Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes; Transtornos de Adaptação; Transtornos Mentais.; Anxiety; Stress; Psychological; Adjustment Disorders; Mentally ill persons; Mental disorders.

The objective is to describe, based on the scientific literature, the interrelation between mental illness, the imposter syndrome and university students. This is a narrative review of the literature with a qualitative research. Scientific articles on the imposter syndrome within the academic environment were searched through uncontrolled descriptors: “Impostor syndrome”, “Imposter phenomenon”, “Clance imposter phenomenon scale” and “Imposter syndrome”. The search was accomplish between April and May 2022 in the Virtual Health Library (BVS) databases; Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Results indicate that the imposter syndrome affects college students, impacting the quality of life and performance of these individuals, often associated with pathologies such as stress, depression, anxiety and burnout syndrome. Thus, it is highlighted that individuals who experience it have disbelief in relation to themselves, self-sabotage and low self-esteem, as well as perfectionism above the common.