Impostor phenomenon, core self-evaluation, and self-ostracism in university students
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2021
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UMT Lahore
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Self-ostracism is a negative interpersonal experience in which the individuals choose to withdraw themselves from a social circumstance. There is a dearth of knowledge about the prevalence of self-ostracism as it is seemingly ostracized and there is also a significant gap in literature, especially in Pakistan. This research revolves around understanding negative core-self-evaluation and impostor phenomenon (IP) which could lead to self-ostracism. Temporal need threat model was the basic theoretical framework of this research which included few needs that predicted ostracism. In addition to other analysis, mediation analysis between core self-evaluation and self-ostracism was performed through impostor phenomenon. An online and on-campus survey was conducted to collect data from university students (N = 258). Results of mediation analysis demonstrated that core self-evaluation has a negative affect on impostor phenomenon and a positive affect on self-ostracism through impostor phenomenon. This concludes that people suffering from feelings of impostor phenomenon (IP) and negative core self-evaluation are very likely to self-ostracize. Although this study is limited to a single university, yet it implies that people register what they might think are just ordinary concepts and seek help instead of overlooking their situation. Likewise in this study, we discuss other practical implications of these findings and also give suggestions for future research.