  We study the impact of SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking on the properties of
dynamically generated $\Lambda^*$ states within an effective separable
potential model describing the coupled channels $\bar{K}N$ system. The model is
based on the chiral meson-baryon Lagrangian at next-to-leading order, and
constitutes an improvement over a previous model developed by our group, with
its applicability being extended to higher energies covering the
$\Lambda(1670)$ resonance region. It is demonstrated that the ratios of channel
couplings to the resonant states can vary dramatically when the flavor breaking
is gradually switched off, tracing a path to the restored SU(3) symmetry. We
conclude that the couplings determined from physical observables cannot be used
to reliably relate a given resonance to a specific flavor multiplet.
