MOTIVES Personality System

Rigid

Trait Profile

Motivation
To maintain vigilance, high alert
Purpose
Avoiding danger
Conflict
Alertness vs exhaustion
Historic antecedent
Choleric
Historic example
Paul Revere
Film example
Batman
Counter example
The Dude (Big Lebowski)

Characteristicsdoesn't priority relaxation, not easy going, does not value calm, doesn't have a tranquil nature, tends to be high strung, not even tempered, easily agitated, has no chill, tense

Factor-Loading Items

The following items all had statistically significant factor loadings (similar to correlations) on the Rigid drive:

Healthy items | Rigid factor score / Vital factor score
  • (have not been able to find any thus far)
Average Health items | Rigid factor score
  • I don't prioritize relaxation, taking-it-easy. 346
  • Few would describe me as easy going. 343
  • I don't value calm. 314
Unhealthy items | Rigid factor score / Depressive factor score
  • No one would describe me as easy going. 589/253
  • I am unrelaxed. 562/437
  • I am compelled to be unrelaxed. 535/375
  • I don't have a tranquil nature. 501/263
  • I don't prioritize being relaxed. 494/259
  • Tense would be a good description of me. 474/488
  • I don't relax much. 463/315
  • I don't prioritize being calm. 434/298
  • I don't prioritize calm. 430/184
  • High strung would be a good description of me. 366/348
  • I don't like being relaxed. 329/203
  • I'm easily agitated. 335/437
  • I should relax more. 321/294
  • I'm not even-tempered. 318/310
  • Pessimist would be a good description of me. 234/760
  • I hate that I am not more tranquil. 216/585
  • I don't value relaxation. 193/208
  • I don't prioritize tranquility. 172/248
*for a low score assume the opposite of the above. the descriptions listed here are made up of personality items. people who scored high on this type scored higher on the above items compared to the average.
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