The Role of Perfectionism as Imposed by Family on Self-Compassion and Imposter Phenomenon Among Young Adults

Abstract

This present study was conducted to examine the role of perfectionism as imposed by family on self-compassion and imposter phenomenon among young adults. The study was conducted with 170 young adults aged 19 to 28 years from different districts in Kerala, who were assessed using psychological measures such as the Family Almost Perfect Scale developed by Wang K. T. (2010), the Self-Compassion Scale by Neff, K. D. (2003), and the Impostor Phenomenon Scale by Clance, P. R. (1985). A purposive sampling method was employed to select participants. Statistical tools such as spearman rank correlation and Man Whitney U test were used for data analysis, which was carried out with the help of SPSS. The results showed a significant relationship between perfectionism as imposed by family, self-compassion, and the imposter phenomenon among young adults. Additionally, a gender difference was found in self-compassion, but not in perfectionism as imposed by family and the imposter phenomenon among young adults.