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The authentic personality: a theoretical and empirical conceptualization and the development of the authenticity scale

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Wood, Alex M., Linley, P. Alex, Maltby, John, Baliousis, Michael, Joseph, Stephen·2008·Journal of Counseling Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.385
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This article describes the development of a measure of dispositional authenticity and tests whether authenticity is related to well-being, as predicted by several counseling psychology perspectives. Scales were designed to measure a tripartite conception of authenticity, comprising self-alienation, authentic living, and accepting external influence, which was supported with exploratory factor analysis. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor loadings were invariant across sample, ethnicity, and gender. The scale showed substantial discriminant validity from the Big Five personality traits, nonsignificant correlations with social desirability, and 2- and 4-week test-retest correlations ranging from r = .78 to .91. Each subscale was strongly related to self-esteem and aspects of both subjective and psychological well-being. This article provides the first direct test of several theoretical models that view authenticity as integral to well-being.

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  1. Schmid, P. F. (2005). Authenticity and alienation: Towards an understand- ing of the person beyond the categories of order and disorder. In S. Joseph & R. Worsley (Eds.), Person-centred psychopathology (pp. 75- 90). Ross-on-Wye, England: PCCS Books.
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Authors
Wood, A. M., Linley, P. A., Maltby, J., Baliousis, M., & Joseph, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • Coventry (United Kingdom) (GB)
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2008-07
Volume
55
Issue
3
Pages
385-399
ISSN
  • 0022-0167 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2168
DOI
10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.385
OpenAlex
W2127184359
Cited by
1,237
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 102 · 2025: 134 · 2024: 113 · 2023: 101 · 2022: 102 · 2021: 102 · 2020: 90 · 2019: 83 · 2018: 76 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 63 · 2015: 56 · 2014: 50 · 2013: 43 · 2012: 23
FWCI
21.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
  • Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Warwick
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
Authenticity Scale, self-alienation, authentic living, psychological well-being, subjective well-being, self-esteem, Big Five personality traits, scale development, measurement invariance, test-retest reliability, social desirability

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