Fenômeno do impostor e saúde psicológica: uma revisão sistemática

Ana Karla Silva Soares; Rafaela Teodoro Alves; José Ángel Vera Noriega; Alberto Mesaque Martins

doi:10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.2153

Fenómeno del impostor y salud psicológica: una revisión sistemática

Autores/as

Ana Karla Silva Soares Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-4073
Rafaela Teodoro Alves Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4141-3900
José Ángel Vera Noriega Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-4431
Alberto Mesaque Martins Universidade Federal de Uberlândia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6032-3122

Resumen

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os principais achados sobre a relação entre o fenômeno do impostor e a saúde psicológica por meio de uma revisão sistemática da literatura. Foi realizada uma busca nas bases de dados SciELO, PsycINFO, PubMed, IndexPsi e PePSIC (junho a julho de 2023), utilizando os descritores “fenômeno do impostor” e “saúde psicológica”. A busca identificou 556 artigos, os quais foram submetidos a critérios de elegibilidade, resultando em 54 estudos selecionados para análise. As pesquisas mostraram uma predominância de amostras compostas por estudantes e no contexto internacional. Em relação às variáveis de saúde psicológica, foram identificados 22 construtos que se relacionam de forma positiva, negativa ou como preditores do fenômeno do impostor. Os resultados evidenciaram a complexa interação entre o impostorismo e a saúde psicológica, além de lacunas amostrais e contextuais, destacando a necessidade de pesquisas que investiguem esses construtos ao longo do desenvolvimento humano e no contexto nacional.

Palabras clave

Fenômeno do impostor, Saúde, Saúde mental, Revisão sistemática

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Biografía del autor/a

Ana Karla Silva Soares, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul

Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba, atualmente é docente e pesquisadora na Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, coordenadora do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Psicometria e Psicologia Social (NPPS-CNPq), bolsista de produtividade do CNPQ.

Rafaela Teodoro Alves, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul

Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, atualmente é residente em Psicologia na Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, colaboradora do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Psicometria e Psicologia Social (NPPS).

José Ángel Vera Noriega , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Doutor em Psicología Social pela Universidade Nacional Autónoma de México, atualmente é docente na Universidade de Sonora, Membro do Sistema Nacional de Pesquisadores nível II (Conselho Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia), da Academia Mexicana de Ciências e do Conselho Mexicano de Pesquisa Educacional (COMIE AC).

Alberto Mesaque Martins , Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Doutor em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, atualmente é docente na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, coordena o Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologias e Processos de Saúde e Cura (SANA, CNPq) e integra o Banco de Avaliadores do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior do MEC/INEP e Bolsista de produtividade do CNPq.