Title:
USING PARALLEL ANALYSIS TO VALIDATE THE CLANCE IMPOSTER PHENOMENON SCALE

Authors:
Predrag Zivkovic ,Serbia

Abstract:
The most widely used instrument for identifying imposter syndrome is the Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS). Although the factor structure of CIPS has been checked in many research papers, using confirmatory factor analysis, so far no check has been made using parallel analysis. The aim of present study is to determine the factor structure of CIPS by applying parallel analysis. Both versions of the instrument have been tested, the 20-item version and the 16-item version. Parallel analysis, in this study, shows the justification of retaining a two-factor structure for the 20-item version or a one-factor solution for the 16-item version. In addition to being able to help determine the number of factors and components, parallel analysis in this case helped to come up with a solution proposal for decision about a version of the instrument that could measure imposter syndrome with a single score