'State authenticity: what makes people feel "real"?' Seminar

'Researchers currently have a limited understanding of authenticity as a state (i.e., as a sense of self in-the-moment). Our program of research seeks to fill this knowledge gap by systematically investigating why and when people feel authentic. I will describe the results of several experiments investigating context effects on state authenticity. In particular, I will discuss the consequences of experimentally manipulated mood, need-states, ideal self and value expression (independently) for felt authenticity.