Authenticity

  • AUTHENTICITY

    Authenticity Scale (Wood et. al., 2008)

  • Do you feel you are wearing a mask? Perhaps you think that you must act a certain way around your teacher or say certain things to your friends so that you'll be accepted. Instead of being yourself, you're playing a role to fit in, or to impress others. Living this way is tiring, dispiriting, and confining. It can also hold you back from reaching your true potential. The opposite of this is to live and work authentically. When we give ourselves permission to be ourselves, we can live free from others' ideas and expectations, and we can choose our own course in life.

    Authenticity means you're true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise. You're honest with yourself and with others, and you take responsibility for your mistakes. Your values and actions align. As a result, you come across as genuine, and you're willing to accept the consequences of being true to what you consider to be right.

    Indicate how much following statements describe yourself by selecting a number from the following options.

  • 1. I think it is better to be yourself, than to be popular.*
  • 2. I don’t know how I really feel inside.*
  • 3. I am strongly influenced by the opinions of others.*
  • 4. I usually do what other people tell me to do.*
  • 5. I always feel I need to do what others expect me to do.*
  • 6. Other people influence me greatly.*
  • 7. I feel as if I don’t know myself very well.*
  • 8. I always stand by what I believe in.*
  • 9. I am true to myself in most situations.*
  • 10. I feel out of touch with the ‘real me.*
  • 11. I live in accordance with my values and belief.*
  • 12. I feel alienated from myself.*
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  • Should be Empty: