Predictive role of authenticity on psychological vulnerability in Turkish university students

Psychol Rep. 2013 Apr;112(2):519-28. doi: 10.2466/02.07.PR0.112.2.519-528.

Abstract

Authenticity is associated with adaptive psychological characteristics and may be predictive of psychological vulnerability. The study was conducted with Turkish university students (N = 303; 158 women, 145 men; M age = 20.1 yr.). Participants completed the Turkish version of Authenticity Scale and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale. Psychological vulnerability was correlated positively with two subfactors of authenticity, accepting external influence and self-alienation, and negatively with the authentic living factor of authenticity. Self-alienation, accepting external influence, and authentic living were related to psychological vulnerability, accounting for 33% of the variance collectively. Authenticity is an important predictor of psychological vulnerability.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adolescent
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
  • Anxiety Disorders / psychology
  • Behavior*
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Emotions*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internal-External Control
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Factors
  • Self Concept*
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Students / psychology*
  • Thinking*
  • Turkey
  • Young Adult