This study is a two-part manuscript dissertation that examined the relationships between academic resilience (perseverance, negative affect and emotional response, reflecting and adaptive help-seeking), wellness (spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and psychological wellness), and imposter syndrome among first-generation graduate counseling students (FGGCS). Survey data from 172 FGGCS’s was analyzed using bivariate correlational and regression analyses to answer four primary research questions: (1) Is there a statistically significant correlation between FGGCS’s level of imposter syndrome and academic resilience, (2) Is there a statistically significant correlation between FGGCS’s level of imposter syndrome and perceived wellness, (3) Are FGGCS’s level of academic resilience and perceived wellness statistically significant predictors of imposter syndrome, (4) What is the relationship between age, gender, race, enrollment status, parental education status, and imposter syndrome while accounting for academic resilience and perceived wellness? The results indicated no significant correlation between academic resilience and imposter syndrome, and a moderate negative correlation between perceived wellness and imposter syndrome. Further analysis revealed emotional wellness as a significant predictor of imposter syndrome. No statistically significant differences in FGGCS level of imposter syndrome were predicted by varying demographic factors such as age, gender, race, enrollment status, and parental education status while accounting for academic resilience and perceived wellness. Implications for higher education stakeholders are discussed to support FGGCS mental health and retention.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd2023-1458 |
| Date | 01 January 2024 |
| Creators | Eng, Timothy |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024 |
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