Appendix E.

Text-based Adjectives Person-Descriptive Factors: A Varimax-Rotated Principal-Components Analysis on the Second Half of Self-Descriptions

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		Fitting In		Self-Acceptance		Negativity		Maturity		Evaluation		Self-Acceptance II
Shy	.61	Depressed	.43	Crazy	.38	Sad	.39	Caring	.43	Ugly	.43	Blessed	.47
Outgoing	.50	Fat	.41	Fun	.35	Mad	.34	Positive	.43	Physical	.39	Confused	.40
Quiet	.47	Ugly	.32	Accomplished	.32	Bad	.33	Negative	.41	Average	.32	Lost	.31
Reserved	.41	Lazy	.31	Loving	.32	Difficult	.31	Loving	.39	Stupid	.27	Stuck	.29
Open	.37	Tired	.31	Special	.31	Hurt	.30	Attractive	.33	Normal	.25	Lucky	.29
Comfortable	.32	Selfish	.27	Caring	.27	Lonely	.28	Friendly	.28	Upset	.25	Amazing	.26
Confident	.27	Wonderful	.27	Good	.27	Good	.23	Nice	.27	Emotional	.24
Friendly	.25	Healthy	.27	Older	.26	Scared	.23	Wonderful	.26	Cute	.23	Angry	−.26
Fun	.22	Beautiful	.25	Funny	.26	Upset	.22	Responsible	.24	Conscious	.20	Upset	−.22
		Scared	.25	Smart	.25	Crazy	.20	Intelligent	.23			Worried	−.21
		Normal	.24	Wonderful	.25					Scared	−.27	Horrible	−.21
		Free	.23	Happy	.24	Successful	−.21	Perfect	−.21	Successful	−.26	Nice	−.21
				Successful	.22					Afraid	−.25
				Sensitive	.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 second half of self-descriptive essays.