Hamid Kamarzarrin, Mohamad Khaledian and Mozhgan Shooshtari, Emad Yousefi and Raziyeh Ahrami
The objective of the present research is to study the relationship between self-esteem and the imposter phenomenon in the physicians of Rasht city in Iran. The statistical population here has been all the physicians of this city, who are practicing medicine in the year 2011 and through the relative classified random sampling, 30 specialized physicians and 35 general practitioners were selected as the sample group. The research tool was the Cooper- Smith’s Self-esteem Test and Clance’s Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS). Results have shown that there is a significant negative inverse correlation between self-esteem and the imposter phenomenon. In this study, the correlation coefficient differences between self-esteem and the imposter phenomenon of male and female physicians were not statistically significant. From these findings, it is concluded that individuals with imposter, despite the existence of external evidences of achievements, are incapable of internalizing them and that uncertain self-esteem is one of the characteristics of such individuals.
