文摘
We consider to what extent authenticity is related but distinct from (Gray, 1982) and (Gray, 1985) behavioural inhibition/approach systems and Cloningerx2019;s psychobiological model (Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, 1993). Five-hundred and fifty-four adults (250 males, 304 females) completed measures of authenticity (Wood, Linley, Maltby, Baliousis, & Joseph, 2008), behavioural inhibition/activation (BIS/BAS, Carver & White, 1994) and Cloningerx2019;s temperament and character inventory (TCI-IPIP, Goldberg et al., 2006). Significant, small to moderate correlations are reported between authenticity and inhibitory and approach dimensions of Grayx2019;s and Cloningerx2019;s models. The directions of these relationships are consistent with (Horney, 1945), (Horney, 1951) and (Maslow, 1954) descriptions of authenticity. However, dimensions of both Grayx2019;s and Cloningerx2019;s domains account for only a small 5.7x2013;18 % of the shared variance in authenticity, suggesting that authenticity is related but distinct from Grayx2019;s and Cloningerx2019;s personality dimensions.