Authenticity, Presence of Meaning, and Struggle with Ultimate Meaning: Nuanced between-and within-Person Associations. Wilt, J. A., Grubbs, J. B., Exline, J. J., & Pargament, K. I. Journal of Research in Personality, 93:104104, February, 2021.
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Authenticity predicts greater presence of meaning in life, in general (between-persons) and in the moment (within-persons). However, little is known about whether authenticity predicts negative aspects of life meaning, such as struggles with ultimate meaning. Across three studies (total N = 719), two of which used daily diaries (daily reports = 1,980), correlations, confirmatory factor analyses, and multilevel path models together showed that higher levels of authenticity related positively to presence of meaning and negatively to struggle with ultimate meaning at the between- and within-person levels. These findings are consistent with humanistic, existential, and positive psychology theories of authenticity and meaning and raise the possibility that increasing authenticity states over time may predict sustained improvement in multiple aspects of meaning.
@article{wiltAuthenticityPresenceMeaning2021,
  title = {Authenticity, Presence of Meaning, and Struggle with Ultimate Meaning: {{Nuanced}} between-and within-Person Associations},
  shorttitle = {Authenticity, Presence of Meaning, and Struggle with Ultimate Meaning},
  author = {Wilt, Joshua A. and Grubbs, Joshua B. and Exline, Julie J. and Pargament, Kenneth I.},
  year = {2021},
  month = feb,
  journal = {Journal of Research in Personality},
  volume = {93},
  pages = {104104},
  issn = {0092-6566},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104104},
  abstract = {Authenticity predicts greater presence of meaning in life, in general (between-persons) and in the moment (within-persons). However, little is known about whether authenticity predicts negative aspects of life meaning, such as struggles with ultimate meaning. Across three studies (total N~=~719), two of which used daily diaries (daily reports~=~1,980), correlations, confirmatory factor analyses, and multilevel path models together showed that higher levels of authenticity related positively to presence of meaning and negatively to struggle with ultimate meaning at the between- and within-person levels. These findings are consistent with humanistic, existential, and positive psychology theories of authenticity and meaning and raise the possibility that increasing authenticity states over time may predict sustained improvement in multiple aspects of meaning.},
  copyright = {All rights reserved},
  langid = {english},
  keywords = {Authenticity,Presence of meaning,Struggle with ultimate meaning},
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