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Correlates of Impostor Phenomenon Among Indonesian Sports Science Students

NCT07725302 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 438

Last updated 2026-07-27

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Summary

This cross-sectional study evaluated the psychiatric correlates of the impostor phenomenon among Indonesian sports science undergraduates, focusing specifically on the relative contributions of self-esteem and anxiety alongside related psychological, behavioral, and structural factors. A total of 438 junior-year undergraduates at a public university in Makassar, Indonesia, completed a cross-sectional survey. Self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and impostor phenomenon severity was evaluated using the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS). Behavioral factors (nightly sleep duration and daily social media use) and structural factors (sex, grade point average \[GPA\], scholarship status, residential arrangement, and organizational participation) were also captured and analyzed using Spearman correlations, group comparisons, and simultaneous as well as hierarchical multiple linear regressions.

NOTE: This study was retrospectively registered. The study was conducted from June 2025 to August 2025 following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines and received ethical clearance (PROTOKOL-UH25010017) from the Institutional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of Hasanuddin University prior to study initiation. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. No outcome measures, study design, or statistical analysis plan were modified following data collection.

Conditions

  • Impostor Phenomenon
  • Self Esteem
  • Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Self-Report Questionnaire Assessment

Participants completed a structured battery of validated self-report questionnaires on a single occasion in supervised classroom sessions. The Indonesian-adapted CIPS was used to evaluate cognitive and affective features of impostorism; the RSES was used to measure global self-esteem; and the GAD-7 was used to assess anxiety symptom severity over the preceding two weeks. Additional self-reported survey items captured behavioral characteristics (nightly sleep duration and daily social media usage) alongside demographic and structural information (sex, age, cumulative GPA, scholarship status, residential arrangement, and organizational participation). No therapeutic, pharmacological, behavioral, or educational intervention was administered. Data collection was strictly observational and cross-sectional in nature, with no manipulation of variables, experimental co

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hasanuddin University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agus Durman, MD · Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

  • Indrawaty Suhuyanli, MD · Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

Countries

  • Indonesia

Study Locations

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