Role of Authenticity in Healthy Psychological Functioning and Subjective Well-being By Brian Middleton Goldman, M.S., and Michael H. Kernis Accreditation Approval The American Psychotherapy Association provides this continuing education credit for Diplomates after October 2001 required to obtain 15 credits per year to maintain their Diplomate status. ACFEI/APA is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Provider #5812 ACFEI/APA, Provider #1052 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, phone: 1- 800-225-6880, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. ACFEI maintains responsibility for the program. Licensed social workers should contact their individual boards to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Social workers will receive one (1) continuing education clock hour for participating in this course. ACFEI (APA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing professional education for psychologists. ACFEI maintains responsibility for the program. Abstract A variety of conceptualizations of authenticity exist, ranging from emphasizing actualization of “being needs” (Maslow, 1968) to engaging in self-determined behavior consistent with intrinsic organismic needs (Deci & Ryan, 2000). These conceptualizations are complemented by some empirical data indicating that authenticity is linked to greater psychological functioning and subjective well-being (Sheldon & Kasser, 1995). In this paper, we offer a new multicomponent conceptualization of authenticity and report initial findings obtained with our measure (Goldman & Kernis,