TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - A compassionate self is a true self? Self-compassion promotes subjective authenticity
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Zhang, Jia Wei
A1  - Chen, Serena
A1  - Tomova, Theordora K.
A1  - Bilgin, Begüm
A1  - Chai, Wen Jia
A1  - Ramis, Tamilselvan
A1  - Shaban-Azad, Hadi
A1  - Razavi, Pooya
A1  - Nutankumar, Thingujam
A1  - Manukyan, Arpine
SP  - 1323
EP  - 1337
VL  - 45
IS  - 9
N2  - Theory and research converge to suggest that authenticity predicts positive psychological adjustment. Given these benefits of authenticity, there is a surprising dearth of research on the factors that foster authenticity. Five studies help fill this gap by testing whether self-compassion promotes subjective authenticity. Study 1 found a positive association between trait self-compassion and authenticity. Study 2 demonstrated that on days when people felt more self-compassionate, they also felt more authentic. Study 3 discovered that people experimentally induced to be self-compassionate reported greater state authenticity relative to control participants. Studies 4 and 5 recruited samples from multiple cultures and used a cross-sectional and a longitudinal design, respectively, and found that self-compassion predicts greater authenticity through reduced fear of negative evaluation (Study 4) and heightened optimism (Study 5). Across studies, self-compassion's effects on authenticity could not be accounted for by self-esteem. Overall, the results suggest that self-compassion can help cultivate subjective authenticity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167218820914
ID  - ref1
ER  -