TABLE 1.

Parameters of the elements of attributions.

Attribution element	Parameter group	Parameters	Cases or possibilities
Referent		Location	The agent or generator of the reference
			A person or object other than the person who attributes
			Another person or object, within the person who attributes
Referral		Location	The person or thing the content of the reference is assigned to
			Another person or object outside of the person who attributes
			Another person or object within the person who attributes
Reference	Content	Theme	Paranoid (persecution, harm, hurt, referential)
			Maniacal (grandeur or megalomania)
			Passionate (jealousy, infidelity, Clérambault)
			Somatic (illness, nihilism, parasitosis)
			Depressed (guilt, ruin)
			Other
			Anideic
		Purpose	Imposition
			Suggestion
			Neutral
	Composition	Structure	Relational, more or less complex
			Non-relational, with one or several contents
		Modality	Not perceived with the senses
			Involving sensory perception
			Both of the above
			Indefinite
All three	Expression	Language	Oral
			Written or graphic
			Gestures
	Quality of meaning & form	Precision	Precise, clear
			Ambiguous, imprecise
		Differentiation	No repetitions or partial or complete overlapping
			Repetitions or partial or complete overlapping
		Fit	Fitted
			Biased by excess
			Biased by defect
			Biased by excess and defect