A Concise Measure of the Impostor Phenomenon: The Brief Impostor Phenomenon Scale (BIPS).

IF 2.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of personality assessment Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1080/00223891.2025.2468492

Zuzanna Schneider, Edyta Charzyńska, Dagna Kocur, Peter K Jonason

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to introduce a concise measure for assessing the impostor phenomenon. We reduced the Perceived Fraudulence Scale (PFS) in a sample of 1,001 Polish-speaking adults through the use of exploratory (n = 500) and confirmatory (n = 501) factor analysis to 12 items, composed of three subscales: self-deprecation, external ability attribution, and inauthenticity. This brief scale showed scalar measurement invariance between men and women, and between students and working professionals. Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses further supported individual items' properties. The measure also demonstrated good internal consistency and validity. Impostor phenomenon correlated negatively with self-esteem, emotional stability (i.e., low neuroticism), extraversion, conscientiousness, and intellect (i.e., openness to experience). In addition, women scored higher than men on overall impostor phenomenon which was driven only by the self-deprecation aspect. Students scored higher than working professionals on both the general score and all three subscales. The initial psychometric properties suggest that the Brief Impostor Phenomenon Scale (BIPS) is a valid and reliable short measure, supporting its further use in research. These results also add to the currently underdeveloped body of research on the impostor phenomenon in a non-English speaking cultural setting.

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冒名顶替现象的简明测量方法：简易冒名顶替现象量表（BIPS）。

这项研究的目的是介绍一种评估冒名顶替现象的简明方法。我们通过使用探索性（n = 500）和验证性（n = 501）因素分析，将1001名讲波兰语的成年人的感知欺诈量表（PFS）减少到12个项目，由三个子量表组成：自我贬低，外部能力归因和不真实性。这个简短的量表显示了男女之间以及学生和工作人员之间的标量测量不变性。项目反应理论（IRT）分析进一步支持了单个项目的属性。测量结果具有良好的内部一致性和效度。冒名顶替现象与自尊、情绪稳定性（即低神经质）、外向性、责任心和智力（即经验开放性）呈负相关。此外，女性在冒名顶替现象上的总体得分高于男性，而这仅仅是由自我贬低方面造成的。学生在总得分和所有三个分量表上的得分都高于在职专业人士。初步的心理测量特征表明，简短的冒名顶替现象量表（BIPS）是一个有效和可靠的简短测量，支持其在研究中的进一步应用。这些结果也增加了目前不发达的非英语文化背景下的冒名顶替现象的研究。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Personality Assessment (JPA) primarily publishes articles dealing with the development, evaluation, refinement, and application of personality assessment methods. Desirable articles address empirical, theoretical, instructional, or professional aspects of using psychological tests, interview data, or the applied clinical assessment process. They also advance the measurement, description, or understanding of personality, psychopathology, and human behavior. JPA is broadly concerned with developing and using personality assessment methods in clinical, counseling, forensic, and health psychology settings; with the assessment process in applied clinical practice; with the assessment of people of all ages and cultures; and with both normal and abnormal personality functioning.