Cross-cultural validation and standardization of the Impostor-Profile 30
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F25%3A102418" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/25:102418 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-025-07865-1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-025-07865-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07865-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12144-025-07865-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cross-cultural validation and standardization of the Impostor-Profile 30
Original language description
The impostor phenomenon describes a maladaptive personality style marked by persistent self-doubt and fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evident success. Despite its global relevance, the construct's cross-cultural measurement invariance has not yet been empirically established. This study assessed the measurement invariance of the Impostor-Profile 30 across six European countries (N = 2472; 60.0% female; Mage = 31.34, SD = 13.36), and standardized the instrument by deriving normative values. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses supported partial scalar invariance across five countries (excluding Italy; CFI = 0.897, RMSEA = 0.060, SRMR = 0.090), strict invariance across genders (CFI = 0.932, RMSEA = 0.051, SRMR = 0.057), and metric invariance across age groups (CFI = 0.915, RMSEA = 0.055, SRMR = 0.070). Age-specific percentile ranks were derived to enable norm-based interpretation. These results confirm the cross-cultural equivalence of the IPP across five European countries, supporting its standardized use in psychological research and practice.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN
1046-1310
e-ISSN
1046-1310
Volume of the periodical
44
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
9987-10000
UT code for WoS article
001476133400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003596864