Türkel Nur Nihal, Başaran Ahmet Selim, Gazey Hande, Ertek İrem Ekmekçi
Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Penitentiary Campus State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Psychiatry, Ünye State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey.
BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 9;25(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06470-7.
The imposter phenomenon is the unwillingness to acknowledge one's triumphs, which is common among doctors. Research on the imposter phenomenon among mental health professionals is limited, and the relationship between imposter phenomenon, burnout, and compassion fatigue has not been studied. The current study intended to test a hypothesized model of the specific impact paths among burnout, compassion fatigue, maladaptive perfectionism, and imposter phenomenon among mental health professionals.
A descriptive, cross-sectional online survey was conducted from June 2023 to September 2023. The sample (n = 160) consisted of psychiatrists. A path analysis was used to test the relationships among study variables and assess model fit.
A strong correlation was found between the imposter phenomenon and burnout and compassion fatigue when controlling age and months of work for both genders. Maladaptive perfectionism, directly and indirectly, affected the imposter phenomenon through burnout and compassion fatigue.
This study found that burnout and maladaptive perfectionism impact the imposter phenomenon in psychiatrists. To mitigate the effects of the imposter phenomenon on mental health professionals, societal norms that contribute to burnout and perfectionism must be reassessed.
冒名顶替现象是指不愿承认自己的成就，这在医生中很常见。关于心理健康专业人员中冒名顶替现象的研究有限，而且冒名顶替现象、职业倦怠和同情疲劳之间的关系尚未得到研究。当前的研究旨在测试一个关于心理健康专业人员职业倦怠、同情疲劳、适应不良的完美主义和冒名顶替现象之间特定影响路径的假设模型。
于2023年6月至2023年9月进行了一项描述性横断面在线调查。样本（n = 160）由精神科医生组成。采用路径分析来测试研究变量之间的关系并评估模型拟合度。
在控制了年龄和工作月数的情况下，发现冒名顶替现象与职业倦怠和同情疲劳之间存在很强的相关性，且不受性别影响。适应不良的完美主义直接或间接地通过职业倦怠和同情疲劳影响冒名顶替现象。
本研究发现职业倦怠和适应不良的完美主义会影响精神科医生的冒名顶替现象。为减轻冒名顶替现象对心理健康专业人员的影响，必须重新评估导致职业倦怠和完美主义的社会规范。
