People seek out situations that “fit,” but the concept of fit is not well understood. We introduce
S tate A uthenticity as F it to the E nvironment (SAFE), a conceptual framework for …

We propose that the emotion of awe (ie, challenge that exceeds the scope of one's mental
structures, requiring cognitive accommodation) awakens self-transcendence (ie, reaching …

In everyday life, adolescents' authenticity and inauthenticity (sense of, and being, the real
me/true self; or false self/not the real me) are assumed to be general indicators of their …

Building on Zoltán Dörnyei's authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book
introduces a new conceptualization—Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs)—and sets out …

State authenticity is the sense that one is currently in alignment with one's true or real self.
We discuss state authenticity as seen by independent raters, describe its phenomenology …

As the term is typically used, authenticity refers to the degree to which a particular behavior
is congruent with a person's attitudes, beliefs, values, motives, and other dispositions …

The core premise of this article is that it is scientifically informative and psychologically
meaningful to conceptualize and assess authenticity in context. I begin by providing some …

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 …

We examined the role of culture in both trait and state authenticity, asking whether the
search for and experience of the “true self” is a uniquely Western phenomenon or is relevant …

The concept of authenticity has been increasingly on the scholarly radar. While
conceptualized in numerous ways, authenticity has been suggested to include some form of …