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Title
Negative performance evaluation in the imposter phenomenon
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Abstract
The imposter phenomenon (IP) is associated with a bias towards negative evaluation of one's own performances. This study employs an online problem-solving task to investigate this bias. Participants (graduate students from the UK, US, and Europe; n = 163) solved reasoning problems and subsequently evaluated their performance. Participants high in IP evaluated their performances more negatively than participants low in IP. This pattern was observed both during the task and after completion. It was also observed in objective assessments (estimates of accuracy) and comparative assessments (estimates of rank amongst participants). Performance evaluation bias was not associated with a bias in the selection of feedback about performance nor was it mediated by depression or self-esteem.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Current psychology: research and reviews. - New Brunswick, N.J.
Publication
New york : Springer , 2024
ISSN
1046-1310 [print]
1936-4733 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S12144-023-05030-0
Volume/pages
43 :10 (2024) , p. 9300-9308
ISI
001048042400003
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The author-created version that incorporates referee comments and is the accepted for publication version Available from 14.08.2024
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UAntwerpen
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Creation 02.10.2023
Last edited 10.04.2024
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