Table 6.
Open-Class Words Factor Structure: A Varimax-Rotated Principal-Components Analysis (continued on page 54)
| Factor 1: Appearance | Factor 2: Education | Factor 3: Evaluation | Factor 4: Sociability | Factor 5: Relationships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair | .69 | School | .58 | Weight | .36 | Shy | .39 | Love | .47 |
| Eye | .62 | College | .48 | Fat | .35 | Outgoing | .36 | Mom | .42 |
| Brown | .52 | High | .45 | Lose | .31 | Friend | .35 | Family | .38 |
| Nose | .51 | Year | .42 | Pretty | .31 | Quiet | .33 | Daughter | .36 |
| Face | .46 | Texas | .38 | Bad | .30 | Open | .32 | Sister | .35 |
| Skin | .42 | University | .35 | Boyfriend | .29 | Meet | .31 | Heart | .35 |
| Color | .41 | Graduate | .33 | Ugly | .29 | Talk | .28 | Marry | .33 |
| Teeth | .40 | UT | .32 | Know | .28 | Reserved | .28 | Dad | .31 |
| Dark | .40 | Freshman | .32 | Feel | .28 | Hang | .28 | Child | .31 |
| Smile | .38 | Grade | .31 | Guy | .27 | Close | .27 | Wife | .29 |
| Wear | .37 | Student | .31 | Good | .24 | Comfort | .27 | Wonderful | .28 |
| Eyebrow | .36 | Austin | .30 | Want | .24 | Tend | .26 | Woman | .27 |
| Black | .35 | Class | .30 | Guess | .25 | Think | .26 | God | .27 |
| Feature | .35 | Old | .30 | Like | .25 | Feel | .26 | Parents | .27 |
| Blue | .34 | Job | .28 | Smart | .25 | Judge | .25 | Raise | .26 |
| White | .34 | House | .28 | Stupid | .25 | Group | .24 | Brother | .25 |
| Green | .31 | Parents | .28 | Think | .25 | Emotion | .23 | Husband | .24 |
| Thin | .28 | Major | .26 | Stop | .24 | Perceive | .23 | Care | .24 |
| Appearance | .28 | Start | .26 | Nice | .24 | Fun | .22 | Boyfriend | .24 |
| Physical | .28 | Junior | .26 | Gain | .24 | Tell | .22 | Girl | .23 |
| Blonde | .28 | Middle | .26 | Girl | .24 | Trust | .22 | Life | .23 |
| Notice | .27 | Senior | .25 | Class | .23 | Opinion | .21 | Support | .23 |
| Makeup | .26 | Months | .23 | Assignment | .22 | Situation | .21 | Strong | .22 |
| Light | .25 | Business | .23 | Problem | .22 | Party | .21 | Taught | .20 |
| Acne | .25 | Study | .23 | Body | .22 | Like | .21 | Hurt | .20 |
| Beauty | .23 | Work | .23 | Worse | .21 | Care | .21 | ||
| Cut | .22 | Play | .22 | Horrible | .21 | Express | .20 | ||
| Picture | .22 | Career | .22 | Need | .21 | Easy | .20 | ||
| Tall | .22 | Life | .22 | Attractive | .20 | Different | .20 | ||
| Skinny | .21 | Semester | .21 | Kind | .20 | Conversation | .20 | ||
| Red | .21 | Friend | .21 | Lie | .20 | Avoid | .20 | ||
| Glasses | .21 | Degree | .20 | Means | .20 | Loud | .20 | ||
| Ugly | .21 | Summer | .20 | Weird | .20 | ||||
| Asian | .20 | Early | .20 | Hard | .20 | ||||
| Life | −.22 | Elementary | .20 | Fun | .20 | ||||
| Adult | .20 | Tell | .20 | ||||||
| Factor 6: Daily Activities | Factor 7: Ambition | Factor 8: Existentialism | Factor 9: Reflection/Interests | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep | .38 | Goal | .41 | Question | .37 | Mirror | .39 |
| Night | .35 | Achieve | .30 | Answer | .35 | See | .33 |
| Test | .33 | Set | .30 | Aware | .29 | Face | .32 |
| Sit | .31 | Work | .28 | Society | .28 | Look | .30 |
| Tire | .31 | Reach | .27 | Human | .25 | Smile | .26 |
| Minute | .29 | Determine | .26 | Identity | .24 | Happy | .21 |
| Hour | .28 | Strive | .26 | Share | .24 | Change | .20 |
| Write | .28 | Success | .25 | View | .23 | Wondering | .20 |
| Read | .27 | Accomplish | .25 | Born | .21 | Music | −.29 |
| Week | .26 | Help | .25 | Define | .21 | Athlete | −.28 |
| Morning | .26 | Ability | .24 | Experience | .21 | Sport | −.26 |
| Hate | .26 | Future | .23 | Describe | .20 | Christian | −.26 |
| Sick | .24 | Strong | .23 | American | .20 | Church | −.20 |
| Death | .24 | Effort | .22 | Read | .20 | Drink | −.20 |
| Study | .24 | Need | .22 | God | −.20 | ||
| Spend | .22 | Lead | .21 | Play | −.20 | ||
| Movie | .22 | Continue | .21 | ||||
| Watch | .21 | Respect | .20 | ||||
| Pain | .21 | Faith | .20 | ||||
| Cry | .21 | Lack | .20 | ||||
| Late | .21 | Motivate | .20 | ||||
| Class | .21 | Hard | .20 | ||||
| Favorite | .20 | ||||||
| Stay | .20 | ||||||
| Day | .20 | ||||||
| Suppose | .20 | ||||||
| Eat | .20 | ||||||
| Time | .20 | ||||||
| Music | .20 | ||||||
Note. The above words were the most frequently used open-class words in open-ended self-descriptions of personality that loaded greater than or equal to .20 onto a principal components analysis with varimax rotation.