IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON AND IT'S ASSOCIATION WITH MENTAL WELLBEING OF INDIAN MEDICAL GRADUATES OF INDIA.

Abstract

The impostor phenomenon is a condition where a person despite of being competent doubt his or her own capabilities. This condition can be seen in any stage of life however it is very commonly seen among the students who are in the active phase of learning and study there are various social demographic and psychological factors associated with it. It has been seen that impostor phenomena is more commonly seen in females as compare to the males and also affect their mental well-being in the long run. A person with impostor phenomenon can never accept the fact how competent he or she is and will always think whatever they have achieved is because of luck or some supernatural forces. This study has been devised to focus on prevalence of impostor phenomenon among medical students of academic year 2019 and 2018 and to know about its association with their mental well-being. With the development of new research modalities and ever expanding medical science, medical students in a developing country like India are under a constant pressure to somehow complete their syllabus, get updated with new advancements and meet the expectations ,the modern society has for the doctors. This greatly affect their psychological and psychiatric well-being trapping them into a vicious cycle of depression, anxiety and stress. Having frequent experiences of impostor phenomenon predisposes or makes a person more vulnerable to conditions like stated above. The aim of our study is to assess the impostor phenomena in the nal and pre-nal year medical student in north-western India and correlating it with their mental well-being based upon an assessment for depression, Anxiety and stress.