ERIC Number: ED668432
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 186
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"You're Not Really Here Because You Deserve to Be Here": How Latinx College Students Experience Imposter Syndrome
Mary Duenas
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison
This study explored how Latinx college students experience imposter syndrome while facing the COVID-19 global pandemic. The 2020 global pandemic was a time where a disease (i.e., coronavirus) spread across many countries and affected a large number of people. Despite increased literature on Latinx college students as they navigate their education journey, relatively little is known about how underrepresented students understand and cope with imposter syndrome in general and specifically during a time of crisis. Scholarship attends to some of these educational and systemic issues; however particular attention as to how imposter syndrome plays out in the lives of Latinx students is missing from this greater discussion. This study used LatCrit theory which explores multi-dimensional identities and supplements to the work on race and identity. The data collection process consisted of 14 students being interviewed 3 times each for a total of 42 interviews. All participants were attending a large research-intensive university. Data results in the development of four themes, they are: (1) "It Wasn't 100% Because of My Hard Work:" Not Claiming Success, (2) A Temporary Break? The Impacts and Changes of Imposter Syndrome During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, (3) Opening up to Folks: Mechanisms Used to Cope (or not) with Imposter Syndrome, with two subthemes, they are: (3a) Relationships, (3b) Places, (4) Specific Institutional Changes to Address the Latinx College Student needs. The fourth theme had two subthemes, they are: (4a) Funding, (4b) Mental Health Services. Conclusions from this study provide implication for research, theory, and practice. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Self Concept, Minority Group Students, Coping, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Needs, Financial Support, Mental Health, Health Services
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