Male people are greatly affected in "in poster syndrome (ctenoism syndrome)" which can not be confident of success

Even if we achieve something, we can not feel confident that our success depends on our own power, and we can express our psychological state that we believe that luck was just goodIn Poster · Syndrome (Croatian syndrome)I call it.Conventional researchIn general, it was said that women are more likely to fall than men, but the latest research found that men are strongly affected.

A new study claims that, under pressure, imposter syndrome hits men harder than women - Research Digest
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The in poster · syndrome is a psychological condition that low clinical psychologist advocated in the 1970s by American clinical psychologist, low self-evaluation and anxiety appear. Originally, from the fact that few of the women who succeeded in the society with sexual discrimination felt that a few people felt that their success was due to luck and that they succeeded were "imposters" It has been thought that it is often seen in successful women, sometimes being done.

ByNick Karvounis

However, as the survey progressed, it became evident that many men remember similar psychology, and men were more likely to fall into an in-poster syndrome by investigating personality and individual differences in the United States and Germany, and from anxiety We found that performance suffered. Researchers speculate that the cause is due to the traditional gender norms that put great expectations on men.

In the survey, we recruited hundreds of students who studied communication and business regardless of gender or women, and established contents such as "I think it is awful to know others about their lack of knowledge and ability" According to the criterion that was done, the level of in-poster · syndrome was measured.

In the first study, I gave students the language and mathematical graduate recording exam questions, and after the initial question group, half of the students gave false feedback that they mistook the first five questions It was. As a result, despite the fact that women felt innate · syndrome as a whole, men were the one who suffered a strong influence and the performance declined. In contrast, female students with a strong sense of cheaters seemed to have made more efforts with negative feedback and showed higher performance.

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In the second study, half of the students gave pressure "to disclose the results of the exam to the professors of their courses". As a result, boys and girls with high in-syndrome values ​​increased their anxiety and their performance deteriorated. Meanwhile, female students with high in-poster syndrome numbers who received similar declarations had little influence.

The researchers assumed that traditional gender is preserved for these results, and women are influenced by gender that "men are seeking value to men" as a reason why men are strongly influenced It is pointed out that the difficult cause is linked to gender that "women should be warmer than able talents".


According to researchers, it is suggested that the discovery of a vulnerability related to male in-poster / syndrome by the research may have a practical meaning for management. If managers observe traces of male workers 'in-poster syndrome, they may benefit from improving the workers' environment and lead to guidance, skills training and appropriate job assignment is.