TABLE 1.

Dialectical Coding Scheme

Category	Example
Contradiction
Within statement	I am friendly, but shy; I am enthusiastic and depressed about life; I am lazy and a hard worker at times; I am a pebble, small yet strong.
Between statement	I am easily stressed out & I am able to remain calm in any situation; I am practical & I am a dreamer; I am caring & I am sometimes selfish; I am hopeful & I am pessimistic.
Not-self-statement	I am not a good student; I am not from a wealthy family; I am an ex-smoker.
Change
Dynamic statement	Recent change: I am a new student at Berkeley; I had a girlfriend; I am fatter than I used to be.
	Ongoing change: I am a teacher-in-training; I am learning to ski; I am deciding what classes to take.
	Active state of being: I am new; I am living; I am searching.
	Anticipated change: I am going home after this; I am going to be 19 years old in April; I am going to be a doctor; I am a prospective graduate student.
	Desired change: I am in search of a girlfriend; I want a family.
	Contemplated change: I am thinking of volunteering at a clinic.
Temporal modification	I am sometimes wasteful with money; I am grumpy in the morning; I am hungry right now; I am too driven at times.
Situational modification	I am stressed out at school; I am shy around people I don't know very well.
Qualitative modification	I am somewhat outgoing; I am a little bit selfish; I am fairly short.
Holism
Holistic statement	I am someone insignificant in the universe; I am a mortal person; I am a Homo sapiens; I am a living form.