The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention
Clance and Imes introduced the imposter phenomenon in a 1978 paper on high-achieving women, published in Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. It describes women with strong records of achievement who saw themselves as having fooled others about their ability. The title shows that it addresses the dynamics of the pattern and therapeutic intervention. The questionnaire most studies now use came in 1985.
Clance and Imes introduced the imposter phenomenon in a 1978 paper on high-achieving women, published in Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. It describes women with strong records of achievement who saw themselves as having fooled others about their ability. The title shows that it addresses the dynamics of the pattern and therapeutic intervention. The questionnaire most studies now use came in 1985.
Written from the citation record (Crossref) and the account of the field in The Psychologist, Jarrett 2010; the paper's own text was not read.
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Research & Practice, 15(3), 241-247. doi:10.1037/h0086006 https://doi.org/10.1037/h0086006