What is the Impostor Syndrome?

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Channel: Donna · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Impostor syndrome (also spelled imposter syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a term coined in 1978 by clinical psychologists Dr. Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes referring to high-achieving individuals marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as "fraud"

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Article: http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/11/fraud.aspx

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