Self-efficacy and impostor syndrome in graduate students: a portrayal of covid-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: Ogeda, Clarissa Maria Marques [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Adurens, Fernanda Delai Lucas [UNESP], Pedro, Ketilin Mayra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/riep.v26i3.78064; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/247331
• topic: COVID-19; graduate studies; self-efficacy. impostor syndrome

The social isolation recommended by the World Health Organization, during the COVID-19 pandemic, can raise levels of anxiety and stress in students, which affect their productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of self-efficacy and the Impostor Syndrome in stricto sensu graduate students, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a quantitative study that had as participants a convenience sample comprised of 200 stricto sensu graduate students. The participants answered an online form that included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale, and the Self-efficacy Scale in higher education. It was verified that the two scales presented statistically significant and inversely proportional correlation, that is, the higher the levels of Self-efficacy, the lower the levels of Impostor Syndrome. Postgraduates, in relation to Self-efficacy, assessed themselves at high to higher levels, mostly. In turn, in Impostor Syndrome, the respondents evaluated themselves at high or moderate levels.