Table 3.

Description of People Who Are High or Low on the Three TCI Character Dimensions^*

Character Dimension	Descriptor of High Variant	Descriptor of Low Variant
Self-Directedness	Responsible	Blaming
	Purposeful	Aimless
	Resourceful	Inept
	Self-accepting	Pretentious
	Self-disciplined	Self-defeating
Cooperativeness	Tolerant	Prejudiced
	Empathic	Insensitive
	Helpful	Hostile
	Compassionate	Revengeful
	Principled	Opportunistic
Self-Transcendence	Creative	Conventional
	Intuitive	Analytical
	Spiritual	Empirical

Reprinted with permission of the Washington University Center for Weil-Being.

^*Each descriptor is measured by a specific TCI subscale.