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2 R. O. McElwee and Tricia J. Yurak, «The Phenomenology of the Impostor Phenomenon», Individual Differences Research 8, no. 3 (2010): 184–197.

3 Clance and Imes, «The Impostor Phenomenon», 1–8; Kruger and Dunning, «Unskilled and Unaware of It», 1121–1134.

4 Valerie Young, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business, 2011); Adam Grant, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know (Viking, 2021).

5 Kruger and Dunning, «Unskilled and Unaware of It», 1121–134.

6 Janet Helms, The Power Dynamics of White Racial Identity in Social Interactions (plenary address, Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference, Dublin, June 28, 2019).

7 Kevin Cokley, Shannon McClain, Alicia Enciso, and Mercedes Martinez, «An Examination of the Impact of Minority Status Stress and Impostor Feelings on the Mental Health of Diverse Ethnic Minority College Students», Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development 41, no. 2 (2013): 82–95.

8 Clance and Imes, «The Impostor Phenomenon», 1–8; Kruger and Dunning, «Unskilled and Unaware of It», 1121–1134; Valerie Young, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women; Sijia Li, Jennifer L. Hughes, and Su Myat Thu, «The Links Between Parenting Styles and Imposter Phenomenon», Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research 19, no. 2 (2014).

9 Dena M. Bravata, Sharon A. Watts, Autumn L. Keefer, Divya K. Madhusudhan, Katie T. Taylor, Dani M. Clark, Ross S. Nelson, Kevin O. Cokley, and Heather K. Hagg, «Prevalence, Predictors, and Treatment of Impostor Syndrome: A Systematic Review», Journal of General Internal Medicine 35, no. 4 (2020): 1252–1275.

10. Rebecca L. Badawy, Brooke A. Gazdag, Jeffrey R. Bentley, and Robyn L. Brouer, «Are All Impostors Created Equal? Exploring Gender Differences in the Impostor Phenomenon-Performance Link», Personality and Individual Differences 131 (2018): 156–163.

11. Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey, «Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome», Harvard Business Review (February 11, 2021), https:// hbr. org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome.

12. Jeffrey E. Young, Janet S. Klosko, and Marjorie E. Weishaar, Schema Therapy (New York: Guilford, 2003), 254.

13. Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (New York: Harper, 2014).