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Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic?
The Impostor-Profile (IPP) is a six-dimensional questionnaire measuring the Impostor Phenomenon facets. This study aims to test (a) the appropriateness of a total score, (b) measurement invariance (MI) between gender, (c) the reliability of the IPP, and (d) the convergent validity of the IPP subscal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720072 |
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author | Ibrahim, Fabio Münscher, Johann-Christoph Herzberg, Philipp Yorck |
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description | The Impostor-Profile (IPP) is a six-dimensional questionnaire measuring the Impostor Phenomenon facets. This study aims to test (a) the appropriateness of a total score, (b) measurement invariance (MI) between gender, (c) the reliability of the IPP, and (d) the convergent validity of the IPP subscales. The sample consisted of N = 482 individuals (64% female). To identify whether the scales of the IPP form a total score, we compared four models: (1) six correlating subscales, (2) a general factor model, (3) a second-order model with one second-order factor and six first-order factors, and (4) a bifactorial model with six group factors. The bifactorial model obtained the best fit. This supports the assumption of a total impostor score. The inspection of structural validity between gender subgroups showed configural, metric, and partial scalar MI. Factor mean comparisons supported the assumption that females and males differ in latent means of the Impostor Phenomenon expressions. The omega coefficients showed sufficient reliability (≥0.71), except for the subscale Need for Sympathy. Overall, the findings of the bifactor model fit and construct validity support the assumption that the measurement through total expression is meaningful in addition to the theoretically formulated multidimensionality of the Impostor Phenomenon. |
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spelling | pubmed-84586512021-09-24 Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? Ibrahim, Fabio Münscher, Johann-Christoph Herzberg, Philipp Yorck Front Psychol Psychology The Impostor-Profile (IPP) is a six-dimensional questionnaire measuring the Impostor Phenomenon facets. This study aims to test (a) the appropriateness of a total score, (b) measurement invariance (MI) between gender, (c) the reliability of the IPP, and (d) the convergent validity of the IPP subscales. The sample consisted of N = 482 individuals (64% female). To identify whether the scales of the IPP form a total score, we compared four models: (1) six correlating subscales, (2) a general factor model, (3) a second-order model with one second-order factor and six first-order factors, and (4) a bifactorial model with six group factors. The bifactorial model obtained the best fit. This supports the assumption of a total impostor score. The inspection of structural validity between gender subgroups showed configural, metric, and partial scalar MI. Factor mean comparisons supported the assumption that females and males differ in latent means of the Impostor Phenomenon expressions. The omega coefficients showed sufficient reliability (≥0.71), except for the subscale Need for Sympathy. Overall, the findings of the bifactor model fit and construct validity support the assumption that the measurement through total expression is meaningful in addition to the theoretically formulated multidimensionality of the Impostor Phenomenon. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8458651/ /pubmed/34566801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720072 Text en Copyright © 2021 Ibrahim, Münscher and Herzberg. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ibrahim, Fabio Münscher, Johann-Christoph Herzberg, Philipp Yorck Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title | Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title_full | Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title_fullStr | Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title_short | Examining the Impostor-Profile—Is There a General Impostor Characteristic? |
title_sort | examining the impostor-profile—is there a general impostor characteristic? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720072 |
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