Imposter Phenomenon, Perfectionism and Fear of Failure among Emerging Adults

Abstract

An individual’s concern is striving for perfection, self-evaluation in critical situations and regarding other's evaluation. Most of the students think about getting evaluated for their own abilities. They also face situations where they don’t feel completely successful. This study tries to find the relationship of the Imposter Phenomenon with Perfectionism and Fear of Failure. Using the convenience sampling technique, 166 emerging adults were chosen and given the questionnaire. The correlational research methodology was used to analyse the acquired data. The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) and Imposter Profile (IPP31) were the instruments employed in this study. It was found that Competence Doubt, Frugality and Need For Sympathy were significantly correlated with Self-oriented Perfectionism, Other-oriented Perfectionism and Socially-oriented Perfectionism. Alienation and Other-Self Divergence were significantly and positively correlated with socially-oriented perfectionism. Fear of Failure was also found to have a significant relationship with all sub factors of Imposter Phenomenon.