DDI description: Impostor Syndrome Experiences from University Students and Recent Graduates 2024 DDI-kuvailu: Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ja vastavalmistuneiden kokemuksia huijarisyndroomasta 2024 3861 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive 1.0.0 Impostor Syndrome Experiences from University Students and Recent Graduates 2024 [metadata]. Metadata version 1.0.0 (2024-06-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3861; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3861 FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), joiden tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons 1.0 Yleismaailmallinen (CC0 1.0) -lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) är licensierade under en Creative Commons 1.0 Universiell (CC0 1.0) licens. Impostor Syndrome Experiences from University Students and Recent Graduates 2024 Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ja vastavalmistuneiden kokemuksia huijarisyndroomasta 2024 3861 urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3861 10.60686/t-fsd3861 Haatainen, Oona In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Individual datasets

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 1.0 Haatainen, Oona (Tampere University): Impostor Syndrome Experiences from University Students and Recent Graduates 2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-06-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3861; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3861 self-esteem expectation tertiary education students employment Social sciences Higher and further education Employment

The data consists of writings by university students and recent graduates about their experiences of imposter syndrome. The purpose of the collection of writings was to gain insight into how early career graduates perceive the imposter syndrome to have affected them. Writings were expected from graduates who were in the final stages of their studies and had already been employed in their field, as well as from graduates who were in employment and had graduated up to three years earlier. They were free to write about their own experiences in a completely informal way. The invitation to write also included a number of questions to help with the writing process.

Background information are classified by gender, age and educational background. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

 Finland Finland Individual Individual University students and recent graduates with experience of imposter syndrome. Qualitative Cross-section CrossSection Haatainen, Oona Non-probability: Availability Nonprobability.Availability

The writing call was distributed on social media in the stories section of Instagram and as a LinkedIn post. In addition, the writing call was publicised in WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn, Facebook groups and email lists of students and alumni from different fields of study and subject associations. Wall posters with a QR code for the invitation to write form were also used.

 Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based SelfAdministeredWritingsAndDiaries.WebBased Penna textual data collection tool Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide DataCollectionGuidelines.SelfAdministeredWritingsGuide Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. The data are checked and processed in detail. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive 17 files in txt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version. The original data included 20 writings, but three authors did not give the archiving permission. These two writings have been removed from the archived data set. The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication. Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. In FSD, the data was checked to ensure the anonymity of the respondents. From one of the texts, information related to the summer job and a less common main subject was abstracted. The anonymisations made by the FSD are indicated by [[double square brackets]]. Haatainen, Oona (2025). ”Huh, en jäänyt kiinni tällä kertaa”: Korkeakoulutettujen huijarisyndroomakokemuksia työuriensa alussa. Yhteiskuntatieteiden pro gradu -tutkielma. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. ”Huh, en jäänyt kiinni tällä kertaa”: Korkeakoulutettujen huijarisyndroomakokemuksia työuriensa alussa URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202502282502 Nieminen, Sanna; Suomela, Laura-Kaisa (2025). Työelämään huijarisyndrooman varjossa: Huijarisyndrooman taustatekijät korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ja työelämään siirtyneiden kokemuksissa. Kasvatustieteiden kandidaatti -tutkielma. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Työelämään huijarisyndrooman varjossa: Huijarisyndrooman taustatekijät korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ja työelämään siirtyneiden kokemuksissa URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202506187321 Onnela, Marjaana (2026). Huijarisyndrooma ammatillisen identiteetin rakentumisen esteenä - perfektionismi ja vaativa persoonallisuus asiantuntijuuden rakentumisvaiheessa. Psykologian pro gradu -tutkielma. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto. Huijarisyndrooma ammatillisen identiteetin rakentumisen esteenä - perfektionismi ja vaativa persoonallisuus asiantuntijuuden rakentumisvaiheessa.