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Abstract：
Both self-control and self-authenticity are critical to individuals\' mental health and social adjustment, but their relationship has received little attention. Research demonstrates that exerting self-control could help individuals achieve true self and might be promoted by perceiving authenticity. Accordingly, this study utilized a longitudinal design and investigated the temporal relationship between self-control and self-authenticity in a large sample of 2,982 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 17.53, SD = 0.84). Correlation analysis showed that participants possessing higher self-control were associated with greater self-authenticity. Cross-lagged path analysis revealed a reciprocal relationship between self-control and self-authenticity over time. Moreover, bivariate latent change score model indicated that self-control predicted an increase in self-authenticity across time, and vice versa. Overall, this study advances our understanding and suggests that restraining temptation and impulse can promote adolescents\' authenticity, and that the experience of authenticity, in turn, facilitates their self-regulation.
摘要：
自我控制和自我真实性对个体的心理健康和社会适应都至关重要，但是他们的关系很少受到关注。研究表明，施加自我控制可以帮助个人实现真实的自我，并且可以通过感知真实性来促进。因此，这项研究采用了纵向设计，并在2,982名中国青少年的大样本中调查了自我控制与自我真实性之间的时间关系（Mage=17.53，SD=0.84）。相关分析显示,自我控制力较高的参与者具有较高的自我真实性。交叉滞后路径分析显示，随着时间的推移，自我控制与自我真实性之间存在着相互关系。此外，双变量潜在变化得分模型表明，自我控制预测自我真实性随时间的增加，反之亦然。总的来说,这项研究促进了我们的理解，并表明抑制诱惑和冲动可以促进青少年的真实性，以及真实性的体验，反过来,促进他们的自我调节。
