Appendix D.
Text-based Adjectives Person-Descriptive Factors: A Varimax-Rotated Principal-Components Analysis on the First Half of Self-Descriptive Essays
| Person Descriptive Factors in the First Half of Self-Descriptive Essays | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Factor 5 | Factor 6 | Factor 7 | |||||||
| Sociability | Evaluation | Self-Acceptance | Negativity | Fitting In | Psychological Stability | Maturity | |||||||
| Quiet | .56 | Fat | .53 | Caring | .44 | Tired | .39 | Upset | .48 | Positive | .51 | Responsible | .44 |
| Shy | .51 | Ugly | .48 | Loving | .36 | Angry | .36 | Mad | .38 | Negative | .35 | Mature | .44 |
| Reserved | .46 | Attractive | .43 | Sensitive | .36 | Sad | .36 | Scared | .33 | Fake | .30 | Young | .39 |
| Outgoing | .45 | Beautiful | .41 | Wonderful | .36 | Confused | .36 | Worried | .32 | Aware | .30 | Accomplished | .39 |
| Friendly | .33 | Horrible | .28 | Funny | .35 | Lonely | .30 | Healthy | .29 | Intelligent | .29 | Older | .30 |
| Crazy | .30 | Average | .27 | Fun | .27 | Hurt | .29 | Sad | .29 | Confident | .28 | Capable | .28 |
| Comfortable | .29 | Special | .25 | Smart | .27 | Bad | .28 | Important | .28 | Social | .28 | Concerned | .26 |
| Open | .28 | Smart | .25 | Nice | .26 | Depressed | .28 | Lucky | .25 | Content | .26 | Unique | .24 |
| Fun | .24 | Fun | .21 | Cool | .25 | Stressed | .26 | Social | .24 | Insecure | .24 | ||
| Insecure | .23 | Blessed | .25 | Happy | .26 | Understanding | .23 | Satisfied | .23 | ||||
| Nice | .20 | Amazing | .24 | Good | .26 | Wonderful | .23 | Bad | .21 | ||||
| Hurt | .24 | Horrible | .25 | Happy | .21 | Outgoing | .21 | ||||||
| Friendly | .22 | Interested | .20 | ||||||||||
| Lazy | .20 | Nice | −.23 | ||||||||||
| Cute | −.22 | ||||||||||||
| Loving | −.20 | ||||||||||||
Note. The above adjectives were the most frequently used person descriptor adjectives in open-ended self-descriptions of personality that loaded greater than .20 in a factor analysis of their use in the first half of self-descriptive essays.