The Relationship between impostor phenomenon and self-esteem in The Strengthening tract medical students in Naresuan university, Thailand

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Kusuma Islam
Chayanut Jittdharm
Rujapha Petcharoen
Research Taksin

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the relationship between self-depreciation and self-esteem. of the group of medical students who graduated with a bachelor's degree and took leave to study at Naresuan University. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive research among clinical medical students. Naresuan University. Data were collected using an online questionnaire using a simple random sampling method. Analyze data with ready-made programs using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, including Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and Pearson correlation.


It was found that there were 122 respondents, most of whom had scores in                  the high risk group of having self-depreciation (88.5%). Higher years had more groups at risk of self-depreciation than those in the lower years. Lower than statistical significance at the .05 level. Self-deprecation and self-esteem were inversely related (r= -.746, P= 0.002). Age was inversely related to self-esteem scores. in oneself (r= -.179, P= 0.048), but varied according to the self-impairment score (r= .197, P= 0.030) with statistical significance.


Guidance activities or educational policies should be implemented. In order to create awareness of self-exploration to understand the problem of self-depreciation.

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Islam K, Jittdharm C, Petcharoen R, Taksin R. The Relationship between impostor phenomenon and self-esteem in The Strengthening tract medical students in Naresuan university, Thailand. Kb. Med. J. [internet]. 2025 Jan. 8 [cited 2025 Apr. 17];7(2). available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/KBJ/article/view/272099
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