The Authentic Personality: A Theoretical and Empirical Conceptualization and the Development of the Authenticity Scale

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Wood, Alex M ^a   Linley, P Alex ^b   Maltby, John ^c   Baliousis, Michael ^c   Joseph, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Applied Positive Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

authenticity; person centered; positive psychology; self determination; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749114529     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.385     Document Type: Article

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