Fenômeno do impostor em universitários: Contribuições de variáveis demográficas e da personalidade

Paulo Gregório  Nascimento da Silva; Gleyde Raiane de Araújo; Laís Renata Lopes da Cunha; Paloma Cavalcante Bezerra de Medeiros; Ana Carolina Martins Monteiro Silva; Maria Carolina  de Carvalho Sousa; Ramnsés Silva e Araújo; Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros

doi:10.31211/rpics.2023.9.2.306

Autores

Paulo Gregório Nascimento da Silva Universidade de Fortaleza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-309X
Gleyde Raiane de Araújo Centro Universitário Inta (UNINTA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-1250
Laís Renata Lopes da Cunha Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-2680
Paloma Cavalcante Bezerra de Medeiros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-8333
Ana Carolina Martins Monteiro Silva Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-2645
Maria Carolina de Carvalho Sousa Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4517-621X
Ramnsés Silva e Araújo Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5384-5785
Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-3433

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2023.9.2.306

Palavras-chave:

Fenômeno do Impostor, Traços de Personalidade, Universitários, Conscienciosidade, Neuroticismo, Estudo Transversal

Resumo

Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou avaliar a influência dos traços de personalidade no fenômeno do impostor, controlando o papel de variáveis demográficas, e validar a Escala Clance do Fenômeno do Impostor (ECFI) em uma amostra universitária do nordeste brasileiro. Métodos: Avaliaram-se 204 estudantes universitários de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior do Piauí (M_idade= 22,88), maioritariamente do sexo feminino (57,3%) e dos cursos de Psicologia (38,9%) e Pedagogia (15,7%), utilizando o Inventário dos Cinco Grandes Fatores da Personalidade (ICFP-20), a ECFI e um Questionário sociodemográfico. Resultados: A estrutura unifatorial da ECFI foi confirmada por uma Análise Fatorial Confirmatória e a sua confiabilidade foi assegurada (α = 0,92 e ω = 0,92). Uma regressão múltipla hierárquica revelou que, além da idade, a conscienciosidade e o neuroticismo foram traços significativos na previsão do fenômeno do impostor, enquanto o sexo não se mostrou um preditor significativo. Conclusões: Os resultados validam a ECFI e reforçam a importância de traços de personalidade, como conscienciosidade e neuroticismo, em relação à vulnerabilidade ou resistência ao fenômeno do impostor, especialmente em estudantes mais jovens.

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