Relationship between Impostorism, Parenting style and self-esteem.

Abstract

People with impostorism often feel inferior to their peers and have difficulty in internalizing their own success. Roots of impostorism lies in early family interaction. Self-esteem also plays vital role in determining the development of impostor feelings. Present study works on these ideas and attempts to explore the relationship of parenting style and self-esteem with impostorism. Purposive sample of 300 professional students including both males and females within the age range of 18-25 years from engineering institutes of India was drawn on voluntarily basis. Participants completed Clance’s IP scale (CIPS), Measure of parental style (MOPS) and Self-esteem scale. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and SD), Pearson correlation, and stepwise regression analysis. Findings show average level of impostorism among professional students. Going ahead, the correlation analysis reveals a signification positive correlation of parenting style and impostorism whereas a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and impostorism. Father overcontrol, mother overcontrol, and self-esteem emerged as strong predictors of impsotorism.