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Impostor syndrome

Impostor syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, or impostor thoughts, is a psychological experience in which a person suffers from feelings of intellectual and/or professional fraudulence. One source defines it as "the subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite…

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Other names
Impostor phenomenon, impostorism

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Impostor syndrome

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related to Gender differences · 9
Impostor syndrome → Clance, Further, However, Imes, People, Studies, This, When, While
related to Management · 8
Impostor syndrome → Assisting, Building, Considering, Creating, Helping, Psychology, These, Trying
related to Psychosocial interventions · 8
Impostor syndrome → An, Clance, Imes, In, Later, The, They, This
related to Comorbidity · 5
Impostor syndrome → Idaho, People, They, Thus, University
related to Epidemiology · 5
Impostor syndrome → Feelings, Impostor, Rates, The, This
related to Signs and symptoms · 5
Impostor syndrome → Although, DSM, ICD, Impostor, It
related to Society and culture · 4
Impostor syndrome → Michelle Obama, Several, Sheryl Sandberg, These
related to Associated factors · 3
Impostor syndrome → However, Impostor, Some
related to Risk factors · 3
Impostor syndrome → Impostor, It, The
Other names · 1
Impostor syndrome → Impostor phenomenon, impostorism

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impostor syndrome phenomenon experience others may also people associated workplace among women feelings academic clance research thoughts factors men psychological

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Impostor syndromeOther namesImpostor phenomenon, impostorism1.00infobox
luckinstance ofdiscounting achievements and attributing success to external factors0.80text
men being less likely to disclose feelings of inadequacyinstance ofWhile the manifestation of impostor syndrome may vary across genders0.80text
both genders experience the phenomenon under similar psychological conditionsinstance ofWhile the manifestation of impostor syndrome may vary across genders0.80text
performance or selectioninstance ofThese interpersonal effects were not accompanied by reductions in competence-related outcomes0.80text
Impostor syndromerelated to Associated factorsImpostor0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to Associated factorsSome0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to Associated factorsHowever0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to ComorbidityPeople0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to ComorbidityThey0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to ComorbidityUniversity0.60section
Impostor syndromerelated to ComorbidityIdaho0.60section

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    Impostor syndrome

    Nodes28
    Edges27
    Triples55
    Avg. degree1.93
    Density0.071429
    Components1
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