Influence of External Over-adaptive Behavior and Introspection on Sense of Authenticity among University Students

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  • 大学生の過剰な外的適応行動と内省傾向が本来感におよぼす影響
  • ダイガクセイ ノ カジョウ ナ ガイテキ テキオウ コウドウ ト ナイセイ ケイコウ ガ ホンライ カン ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

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This study aimed to examine the influence of external over-adaptive behavior and introspection (the tendency of noticing one's own feelings) on the sense of authenticity and to describe the ways to improve the sense of authenticity for over-adaptive people. Over-adaptive tendency is defined as "the tendency to lose the sense of authenticity due to one's excessive efforts to meet others' expectations rather than their own needs in interpersonal relationships or social groups." According to a questionnaire answered by 163 university students, "desire to be perceived as a good person" and "self regulation" in external over-adaptive behaviors showed a moderate degree of negative correlation to the sense of authenticity, while "introspection" presented a little positive correlation to it. This result indicated that while the behaviors of trying to meet others' expectations and to regulate oneself decrease the sense of authenticity, introspection increases it. Therefore, to increase the sense of authenticity for over-adaptive people, it is important to develop intervention plans to decrease these people's fear of abandonment, which may increase the external over-adaptive behavior, and to increase their introspection skills in case they face difficulties in decreasing the external over-adaptive behaviors.

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