Sketching the Contours of State Authenticity. Issue 1 (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sedikides, Constantine; Lenton, Alison P.; Slabu, Letitia; Thomaes, Sander
• Other Names: Hicks Joshua A. guest-editor.; Newman George E. guest-editor.; Schlegel Rebecca J. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Review of general psychology. Volume 23:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: state authenticity -- phenomenology -- authenticity -- psychological health -- true self; Psychology -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1037/gpr0000156
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1089-2680

Abstract

We outline a program of research in which we examined state authenticity, the sense of being one's true self. In particular, we describe its phenomenology (what it feels like to be experience authenticity), its correlates (e.g., emotions, needs), its nomological network (e.g., real-ideal self overlap, public and private self-consciousness), its cultural parameters (Easter and Western culture), its precursors or determinants (congruency, positivity, and hedonism), and its psychological health implications. We conclude by arguing that state authenticity deserves its own conceptual status, distinct from trait authenticity, and by setting an agenda for future research.