Assessing Congruence as a Central Aspect of Rogers’ Positive Notion of Authentic Becoming
Further Support for the Single-Item Congruity in Self Scale in Accounting for Well-Being and Ill-Being in Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9021858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward C Chang (0000-0002-9179-8542, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00221678251395543 |
| OpenAlex | W4416825423 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Although authenticity has been considered from diverse existential and humanistic perspectives, the present study focuses on a positive conceptualization of authenticity based on Rogers’ novel concept of congruence as measured by the Congruity in the Self Scale (CiSS). Specifically, this study examined the extent to which the CiSS represents a distinct and useful measure over an existing measure of authentic personality (viz. authentic living, accepting external influence, and self-alienation) in accounting for psychological well-being (positive mood, subjective happiness, and amor fati ) and ill-being (negative mood, worry, and depression) in a sample of 256 adults. Results of conducting a hierarchical regression analysis indicated that, beyond the variance in well-being and ill-being accounted for by authentic personality, congruity in the self (using the CiSS) accounted for significant amounts of additional unique variance in health outcomes. Overall, the present findings indicate that congruity in the self is distinct from authentic personality, and that it has incremental validity over these dimensions in accounting for diverse indices of both well-being and ill-being in adults. Thus, the CiSS might represent a useful tool for researchers and practitioners who might be interested in a quick and accessible measure of authenticity based on Rogers’ notion of congruence
Big Five personality traits · Conceptualization · Congruence (geometry · Incremental validity · Multilevel model · Personality · Scale (ratio · Self-concept · Variance (accounting · Cultural Differences and Values · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Culture and the self
The authentic personality
On affirming life, beyond good and bad
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
The primacy of the body, not the primacy of perception
The Patient Health Questionnaire-2
Amor Fati and the Negation of Life
The will and the ways
Psychological determinants of health and performance
Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem)
Self-Compassion
The Mental Health Continuum
A Measure of Subjective Happiness
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