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The Relationship between Academic Self-Concept and Academic Self-Efficacy in College Students: The Mediating Role of Imposter Syndrome
Amirhossein Haghighi1 , Akram Ghorbali * 2
1- Department of Clinical Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , s.ghorbali@yahoo.com
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Academic self-efficacy is one of the important factors that in academic success, so identifying the factors affecting it is very important. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of the Imposter Syndrome in the relationship between academic self-concept and academic self-efficacy. The research design was descriptive and correlational, and the statistical population included all masters and doctoral students of the Islamic Azad University (South Tehran Branch) in the academic year 2021-22. A total of 294 students volunteered to take part in the study and responded to Students' Academic Self-Concept Scale (Reynolds, Ramirez, Magrina, & Allen, 1980); the Impostor Syndrome Scale (Clance, 1985) and the College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (Owen and Froman, 1988). Correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression based on Baron and Kenny’s method and Sobel’s test were used to analyze the data. Findings of the research showed that there was a significant negative correlation between the Impostor Syndrome with academic self-concept and academic self-efficacy, and a significant positive correlation between academic self-efficacy and academic self-concept. Also regression analysis showed that the Impostor Syndrome had a mediating role in the relationship between academic self-concept and academic self-efficacy. Overall, results of this study suggest that a negative academic self-concept may increase the Imposter syndrome in students, which in turn leads to feelings of academic inadequacy and distrust of academic ability and thus, academic self-efficacy may be weakened.
Keywords: Impostor Syndrome, Academic Self-Concept, Academic Self-Efficacy
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Received: 2022/12/6 | Accepted: 2023/12/10 | Published: 2024/06/26
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