People with impostor syndrome can also exhibit high emotional intelligence. They are particularly keen at understanding what others need to make them feel valued and connected to them.

Achievement, especially in academic or professional settings, is highly valued in the family and is the main or primary source of validation

Looking for approval from others, having trouble expressing your own opinions, and feeling insecure of your own accomplishments are natural developments from these conditions.

The belief is that the procrastination serves as a method to expose their status as an impostor, perhaps in hopes of releasing the stress and strain of it. However, they usually still perform well. But any mistake is interpreted as proof of their inadequacy due to their perfectionism, rather than as an artifact of being human, or of not giving them

Receiving the praise would result in temporarily feeling good and at that point, once the good feelings subsided, they returned again to worrying about intelligence or ability to perform.

As discussed earlier, men demonstrate a tendency toward underperforming, avoiding goals and feedback, and using peers who are less skilled as a comparison group when they are struggling with impostor syndrome.

Communication and behavior in the home are governed by strict rules and procedures on how things are done

High need to please others in the family. High need to control impulses OR low need to control impulses.

The children are required to fulfill their parent(s)’ needs and wishes, and this is often controlled by validation only around domains that the parent(s) finds worthy. The child is molded to meet the parent(s)’ expectations. When the child fails to meet these expectations, there are significant consequences, which feel like the loss of the parent(s