Impostor phenomenon (IP) is the psychological construct used to describe potentially debilitating feelings of fraud and fear of being exposed as a phony in individuals who are actually high achieving and successful. The purpose of this study was to investigate the IP feelings of music education graduate students. A total of 130 master’s and doctoral students completed a survey that included the Clance IP Scale, the Graduate Music Student Scale, and demographic items. Results indicated that impostor feelings were present in a substantial percentage of the participants. Full-time student status was associated with stronger IP responses than part-time status, as was working on the degree face-to-face versus hybrid. More frequent and intense impostor feelings were experienced by females versus males, participants ages 26 to 35, students who were not married or in a committed relationship, and those who were the first in their family to attend graduate school. Master’s and doctoral students’ IP responses were not different, but successive year in the graduate program was associated with stronger impostor feelings. Based on the possible detrimental effects of strong impostor feelings, the findings should raise concern for students, their instructors, and their mentors.

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音乐教育研究生的冒名顶替感受

冒名顶替者现象 (IP) 是一种心理结构，用于描述潜在的欺诈感和害怕在实际取得成功和成功的个人中被暴露为虚伪的感觉。本研究的目的是调查音乐教育研究生的IP感受。共有 130 名硕士和博士生完成了一项调查，其中包括 Clance IP 量表、研究生音乐学生量表和人口统计项目。结果表明，很大一部分参与者存在冒名顶替的感觉。与非全日制学生相比，全日制学生身份与 IP 响应更强相关，面对面与混合学位的研究也是如此。女性与男性相比，26 至 35 岁的参与者更频繁、更强烈地感受到冒名顶替者的感受，未婚或未婚的学生，以及家庭中第一个上研究生院的学生。硕士生和博士生的知识产权反应没有什么不同，但连续一年的研究生课程与更强烈的冒名顶替感有关。基于强烈的冒名顶替情绪可能产生的不利影响，调查结果应引起学生、他们的导师和导师的关注。