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. 2022 Apr 4;9:850434. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.850434

Table 2.

Mean student's scores on the clance impostor phenomenon scale and frequency of imposterism.

Score Imposter frequency OR for imposter
N (%) Mean (SD) p-value N (%)
Overall 290 60 (13.5) 131 (45.2)
Gender
Male 119 (41.0) 59 (13.4) 0.129 46 (38.7) 1.57 (0.97–2.53)
Female 169 (58.3) 61 (13.5) 84 (49.7)
Not reported 2 (0.7)
Total 290 (100.0)
Age
<21 145 (50.0) 60 (12.7) 0.766 63 (43.4) 1.18 (0.74–1.88)
>21 143 (49.3) 60 (14.3) 68 (47.6)
Not reported 2 (0.7)
Total 290 (100.0)
Marital status
Unmarried 277 (95.5) 61 (13.4) 0.040 129 (46.6) 0.23 (0.03–1.99)
Married 6 (2.1) 49 (9.3) 1 (16.7)
Not reported 7 (2.4)
Total 290 (100.0)
Previous educations
No degree 248 (85.5) 61 (13.4) 0.152 118 (47.6) 0.53 (0.25–1.13)
Degree 34 (11.7) 57 (14.0) 11 (32.4)
Not reported 8 (2.8)
Total 290 (100.0)
Year of study
First 49 (16.9) 60 (12.8) 0.279 21 (42.9)
Second 63 (21.7) 60 (12.4) 28 (44.4)
Third 32 (11.0) 56 (12.8) 9 (28.1)
Fourth 86 (29.7) 60 (13.8) 39 (45.3)
Fifth 60 (20.7) 62 (15.0) 34 (56.7)
Total 290 (100.0)
Place in the program
Pre-clinical 144 (49.7) 59 (12.6) 0.154 58 (40.3) 1.48 (0.93–2.36)
Clinical 146 (50.3) 61 (14.3) 73 (50.0)
Total 290 (100.0)
Domestic or international
Domestic 130 (44.8) 59 (13.8) 0.139 51 (39.2) 1.57 (0.98–2.51)
International 157 (54.1) 61 (13.3) 79 (50.3)
Not reported 3 (1.0)
Total 290 (100.0)
Geographical region
GCC 166 (57.2) 59 (14.1) 0.387 71 (42.8)
North America 44 (15.2) 60 (13.2) 21 (47.7)
Others 77 (26.6) 62 (12.4) 38 (49.4)
Not reported 3 (1.0)
Total 290 (100.0)

OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation.