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Item Open Access Self-Presentational Congruence and Psychosocial Adjustment: A Test of Three Models(2017) Gohar, DinaPeople regularly monitor and control the impressions others form of them but differ in the degree to which they both convey impressions that are consistent with their private self-views (self-presentational congruence) and present different images of themselves to different targets (self-presentational variability). Based on three models described in the literature, variability and incongruence were hypothesized to be either negatively, positively, or curvilinearly related to psychological and social well-being. Three studies examined the self-reported psychosocial implications of self-presentational congruence and variability—assessed by the impressions participants desired to make on nine targets in their lives (Study 1a), a behavioral measure of video-recorded self-presentations to bogus targets (Study 1b), and self-reported self-presentational variability and congruence in people’s daily interactions with targets in their lives (Study 2). Overall, the results supported the first two hypotheses—showing both positive and negative relationships between congruence/variability and well-being—but not the third hypothesis. Participants who desired or actually conveyed more congruent self-presentations reported greater psychosocial well-being. Participants who tried to be perceived differently across their everyday interactions—particularly with distant targets—reported lower psychosocial well-being and less positive social interactions as well; such variability also showed accelerating or decelerating effects at particularly low and high levels for some outcomes. In addition, some support was obtained for the psychosocial benefits of variability with reasonably congruent self-presentations, and even benefits for incongruence at times. Thus, both self-presentational congruence and self-presentational variability are associated with immediate and general positive psychosocial outcomes.
Item Open Access To Thine Own Self Be True? an Exploration of Authenticity(2007-12-14) Franzese, AlexisWhat does it mean to be authentic? Is authenticity an attribute of the individual, or do certain environmental factors facilitate or inhibit the enactment of the authentic self? This research proposes that authentic behavior is the subjective perception that one is behaving in a way that is in accordance with his or her core being. As such, sense of authenticity is considered an important component of the self. I present a theoretical model of the relationship between authenticity and the need for social approval. I analyze the reports of 194 survey respondents and interview data from 21 interviews. These quantitative and qualitative analyses suggest that individuals engage in authentic and inauthentic behavior for a variety of reasons. Specifically, three different behavioral motivations have been identified: (1) behavior motivated by pursuit of the greater social good or for purposes of social cohesion, (2) behavior motivated by pursuit of instrumental gains, and (3) behavior motivated by an internal standard of integrity. Demographic variables and psychological variables were also found to be important determinants of authentic behavior. Blacks reported lower need for social approval than whites, and subsequently higher reports of authentic behavior. Self-esteem emerged in the analyses as a powerful predictor of authentic behavior. In tandem, these results suggest that it may not be one's level of social power that determines his or her ability to behave in ways deemed authentic, but rather one's sense of freedom and confidence in oneself.