Table 2.
Description of categories of self associations.
| Trait | Personal attribute, characteristic. Positive and negative self-evaluation, marking of self with a particular characteristic or ability. A particular personality trait or character. | Responsibility, effort, reliability, creativity, intellect, selfish, asshole, slacker… |
| Value | Worth, but because not evaluating, also their opposites. Note: the difference from Trait is often only in that Trait is the accusative form and Value the nominative form. Beware, that Value can be also accusative, if not expressing a Trait directly (example: equal = Value, but not Trait). | Freedom, understanding, health, calm, space, honor, tradition… |
| Individual | I as the initiator (performer), originator and center. Self-highlighting (also in a negative way). This is not a Trait or Value! | Me, ego, human, person, creature, personality, ambition, center, king, individuality… |
| Embodiment | Everything concerning the body. Physical. Evaluation of the body, esthetical and in time. Body activities and abilities. Body reactions. Body language (non-verbal communication). | Smile, beauty, power, old, cry, laugh, brain, skeleton, weight… |
| Existence | Being and consciousness of it, experiencing of it. Questions on being. Trajectory and direction of being. Dimensions of being. My being. Doubts concerning being. Terminality of being. | Life, transience, be, terminality, nothing, who?, paradox, journey, soul, fight… |
| Social | Society. Social bonds of all kinds, including experiencing their absence. | Friendship, relationships, friend, he, she, we, partner, people, together, loneliness, buddy… |
| Family | A distinct subcategory of Social, including types of family bonds, and offspring. | Mother, parents, wife, children, sister, brother, son, daughter, family… |
| Gender | A distinct subcategory of Social. Only the indication of gender, without the possibility of recognizing any social bonds. | Woman, man, girl, gay, boy… |
| You | A distinct subcategory of Social. Separate group of associations, where “I” associates with “you.” | You, you and me, what about you?… |
| Name | Own names or names of someone else, incl. Zodiac signs. | (Different names), Brad Pitt, Freud, Èapek, my name, Asterix, Capricorn… |
| Emotion | And feelings concerning the self. Expressions of like and dislike, Emotionality and its experience. Experienced emotions. | Joy, happiness, fear, sadness, stress, desperation, compassion… |
| Love | A distinct subcategory of Emotion. Everything, where love is explicitly occurring. Including negation of love and its manifestation. | Love, like, flirt, sex, tenderness, I love you, adored, loving… |
| Leisure | Leisure time activities. That which prevailingly associates with free time. That is, I and “something” (a given association) predominantly represent my free time. | Sport, dance, music, football, beer, travel, run, weekend, singing, art, book… |
| Professional | Profession, occupation, job. That which concerns work and preparation for a profession. Professional branches and domains. | Work, student, employment, factory, maid, dentist, sociology, school… |
| Material | Material background, things, tools. Material equipment. Consummated things. Materialism and related point of view on reality, incl. other people. | Home, money, car, household, shopping, train, treasure, welfare, bed, food… |
| Nature | Animals, plants, inanimate nature. Natural elements and resources. Natural phenomena. | Sea, bird, nature, dog, parrot, coast, nests, country, sun, fire, mountains, miaow… |
| Fun | Joy, amusement. “I” is associated with cheerfulness of all kinds. | Humor, fun, giggle, funny, hilarious, amusement, funny… |
| Crisis | Crisis and emergency situations. Mess. Border situations. Consternation or anxieties from the self. | Disaster, illness, chaos, crisis, collision, fall, worry, overpressure… |