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Contextualizing the impostor "syndrome"
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- Feenstra, S., Begeny, C. T., Ryan, M. K., Rink, F. A., Stoker, J. I., & Jordan, J.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2020-11-13
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- 11
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- 1664-1078
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- PMC7703426
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