1. Support from a lover/spouse
2. Support from a group of people/friends
3. Assurance of worth from others
4. Reliable support
5. Guidance and support from a higher figure
6. Opportunity of nurturance
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1. Primary Factors and Descriptors in Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Model (Adapted From Conn & Rieke, 1994)
Descriptors of Low Range
Primary Factor
Descriptors of High Range

Reserve, impersonal, distant, cool, reserved, impersonal, detached, formal, aloof
(Sizothymia) Warmth Warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kindly, easy going, participating, likes people
(Affectothymia) Concrete thinking, lower general mental capacity, less intelligent, unable to handle abstract problems (Lower Scholastic Mental Capacity) Reasoning Abstract-thinking, more intelligent, bright, higher general mental capacity, fast learner
(Higher Scholastic Mental Capacity) Reactive emotionally, changeable, affected by feelings, emotionally less stable, easily upset
(Lower Ego Strength) Emotional Stability Emotionally stable, adaptive, mature, faces reality calm
(Higher Ego Strength) Deferential, cooperative, avoids conflict, submissive, humble, obedient, easily led, docile, accommodating
(Submissiveness) Dominance Dominant, forceful, assertive, aggressive, competitive, stubborn, bossy
(Dominance) Serious, restrained, prudent, taciturn, introspective, silent
(Desurgency) Liveliness Lively, animated, spontaneous, enthusiastic, happy go lucky, cheerful, expressive, impulsive (Surgency) Expedient, nonconforming, disregards rules, self indulgent
(Low Super Ego Strength) Rule-Consciousness Rule-conscious, dutiful, conscientious, conforming, moralistic, staid, rule bound
(High Super Ego Strength) Shy, threat-sensitive, timid, hesitant, intimidated (Threctia) Social Boldness Socially bold, venturesome, thick skinned, uninhibited (Parmia) Utilitarian, objective, unsentimental, tough minded, self-reliant, no-nonsense, rough (Harria) Sensitivity Sensitive, aesthetic, sentimental, tender minded, intuitive, refined (Premsia) Trusting, unsuspecting, accepting, unconditional, easy (Alaxia) Vigilance Vigilant, suspicious, skeptical, distrustful, oppositional (Protension) Grounded, practical, prosaic, solution orientated, steady, conventional (Praxernia) Abstractedness Abstract, imaginative, absent minded, impractical, absorbed in ideas (Autia) Forthright, genuine, artless, open, guileless, naive, unpretentious, involved (Artlessness) Privateness Private, discreet, nondisclosing, shrewd, polished, worldly, astute, diplomatic (Shrewdness) Self-Assured, unworried, complacent, secure, free of guilt, confident, self satisfied (Untroubled) Apprehension Apprehensive, self doubting, worried, guilt prone, insecure, worrying, self blaming (Guilt Proneness) Traditional, attached to familiar, conservative, respecting traditional ideas
(Conservatism) Openness to Change Open to change, experimental, liberal, analytical, critical, free thinking, flexibility
(Radicalism) Group-oriented, affiliative, a joiner and follower dependent
(Group Adherence) Self-Reliance Self-reliant, solitary, resourceful, individualistic, self sufficient
(Self-Sufficiency) Tolerated disorder, unexacting, flexible, undisciplined, lax, self-conflict, impulsive, careless of social rues, uncontrolled
(Low Integration) Perfectionism Perfectionistic, organized, compulsive, self-disciplined, socially precise, exacting will power, control, self ñsentimental
(High Self-Concept Control) Relaxed, placid, tranquil, torpid, patient, composed low drive
(Low Ergic Tension) Tension Tense, high energy, impatient, driven, frustrated, over wrought, time driven.
(High Ergic Tension)