Imposter syndrome as mediator and moderator between personality and mental health in Malaysian students.

We explored whether Imposter Syndrome functions as a mediator or a moderator in the relationship between personality traits and mental health outcomes among university students in Malaysia. A total of 755 students completed validated measures of personality (IPIP-NEO), Imposter Syndrome (CIPS), and mental health (GHQ-28). We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to estimate bootstrapped indirect effects for mediation and tested moderation by including personality x Imposter Syndrome interaction terms in SEM. Imposter Syndrome showed small but significant indirect effects linking both Neuroticism (β = 0.102, p