Decoding smil test 566 questions. The Luscher color test is also aimed at studying a person’s personal characteristics and assessing his emotional state

TREATMENT
MMPI TEST (SMIL)

The calculation of scores, called raw scores, for each key (i.e. scale) must be done very carefully, repeating the calculation up to two matching results. Incorrect scoring will cause all subsequent interpretations to be distorted or completely incorrect.

“I don’t know” responses make up the “?” scale. The “L” scale - the “Lies” scale - shows how sincere the subject was during the testing process. The “F” scale - the “reliability” scale - shows the level of reliability of the data obtained, depending on his frankness and willingness to cooperate. The “K” scale - the “correction” scale reveals the degree of distortion of the test (profile), associated both with the closeness of the subject and with the influence of the unconscious defense mechanism of “repressing” from the psyche information that is traumatic and destroys the positive image of the “I”. Depending on the indicators of the reliability scales, the profile (test) is recognized as reliable or unreliable, and its features are considered through the prism of the subject’s attitudes towards the examination procedure.

To avoid too much influence of the displacement mechanism on the main profile (test), you should add 0,5 from the sum of raw points (s.b.) of the scale indicator “ TO» to raw points 1st scale, then add 0,4 values ​​s.b. scale " TO» to s.b. 4th scale, overall ( 1,0 ) « TO" - the entire amount s.b. scale " TO" - added to s.b. 7th and 8th scales, and finally 0,2 s.b. scale " TO» is added to s.b. 9th scales. These indicators are summed with the raw scores of the corresponding scales (1st, 4th, 7th, 8th and 9th) and the final (corrected) raw scores for all scales are displayed.

Due to the fact that the number of significant answers (crosses) on each scale is not the same and their statistical significance (price, cost) is also not equivalent, comparison of indicators on different scales is possible only by reducing the raw scores to a generalized, standardized unit. Such a unit in this technique is the walls, each of which contains 10 T-points and is equal to the standard deviation from the average standard line, which represents 50 T on the profile sheet. This is an empirically identified averaged norm. A deviation within 2 standard deviations (s) - 20T - both up, up to 70, and down, up to 30T, is conventionally defined as a spread within the normative corridor. Indicators above 70 and below 30T are regarded as a deviation from the norm.

Keys to the MMPI test.

"L" False
N: 15, 30, 45, 75, 105, 135, 195, 225, 255, 285, 60, 90, 120, 150, 165.

"F" Confidence
B: 14, 23, 27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40, 42, 48, 49, 50, 53, 56, 66, 85, 121, 123, 139, 146, 151, 156, 168, 184, 197, 200, 202, 205, 206, 209, 210, 211, 215, 218, 227, 245, 246, 247, 252, 256, 269, 275, 286, 291, 293.
N: 17, 20, 54, 65, 75, 83, 112, 113, 115, 164, 169, 177, 185, 196, 199, 220, 257, 258, 272, 276.

"K" Correction
Q:96.
N:30, 39, 71, 89, 124, 129, 134, 138, 142, 148, 160, 170, 171, 180, 183, 217, 234, 267, 272, 296, 316, 322, 374, 383, 397, 398, 406, 461, 502.

"1" Overcontrol (Hypochondriasis, Hs)
B: 23, 29, 43, 62, 72, 108, 114, 125, 161, 189, 273.
N: 2, 3, 7, 9, 18, 51, 55, 63, 68, 103, 140, 153, 155, 163, 175, 188, 190, 192, 230, 243, 274, 281.

“2” Pessimism (Depression, D)
B: 5, 13, 23, 32, 41, 43, 52, 67, 86, 104, 130, 138, 142, 158, 159, 182, 189, 193, 236, 259.
H:2, 8, 9, 18, 30, 36, 39, 46, 51, 57, 58, 64, 80, 88, 89, 95, 98, 107, 122, 131, 145, 152, 153, 154, 155, 160, 178, 191, 207, 208, 238, 241242, 248, 263, 270, 271, 272, 285, 296.

“3” Emotional lability (Hysteria, Hy)
B: 10, 23, 32, 43, 44, 47, 76, 114, 179, 186, 189, 238
N:2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 26, 30, 51, 55, 71, 89, 93, 103, 107, 109, 124, 128, 129, 136, 137, 141, 147, 153, 160, 162, 163, 170, 172, 174, 175, 180, 188, 190, 192, 201, 213, 230, 234, 243, 265, 267, 274, 279, 289, 292.

"4" Impulsivity (Impulsivity, Pd)
B:16, 21, 24, 32, 33, 35, 36, 42, 61, 67, 84, 94, 102, 106, 110, 118, 127, 215, 216, 224, 239, 244, 245, 284
N: 8, 20, 37, 82, 91, 96, 107, 134, 137, 141, 155, 170, 171, 173, 180, 183, 201, 231, 235, 237, 248, 267, 287, 289, 294, 296.

“5-F” Femininity (for women) (Masculinity/Femininity, Mf)
B: 4, 25, 70, 74, 77, 78, 87, 92, 126, 132, 133, 134, 140, 149, 187, 203, 204, 217, 226, 239, 261, 278, 282, 295, 299
N: 1, 19, 26, 69, 79, 80, 81, 89, 99, 112, 115, 116, 117, 120, 144, 176, 179, 198, 213, 219, 221, 223, 229, 231, 249, 254, 260, 262, 264, 280, 283, 297, 300

“5-M” Femininity (for men) (Masculinity/Femininity)
B:4, 25, 69, 70, 74, 77, 78, 87, 92, 126, 132, 134, 140, 149, 179, 187, 203, 204, 217, 226, 231, 239, 261, 278, 282, 295, 297, 299.
N:1, 19, 26, 28, 79, 80, 81, 89, 99, 112, 115, 116, 117, 120, 133, 144, 176, 198, 213, 214, 219, 221, 223, 229, 249, 254, 260, 262, 264, 280, 283, 300

"6" Rigidity (Rigidity, Pa)
B:15, 16, 22, 24, 27, 35, 110, 121, 123, 127, 151, 157, 158, 202, 275, 284, 291, 293, 299, 305, 317, 338, 341, 364, 365.
N: 93, 107, 109, 111, 117, 124, 268, 281, 294, 313, 316, 319, 327, 347, 348.

“7” Anxiety (Psychasthenia, Pt)
B:10, 15, 22, 32, 41, 67, 76, 86, 94, 102, 106, 142, 159, 182, 189, 217, 238, 266, 301, 304, 305, 317, 321, 336, 337, 340, 342, 343, 344, 346, 349, 351, 352, 356, 357, 359, 360, 361.
N:3, 8, 36, 122, 152, 164, 178, 329, 353.

“8” Individualism (Schizoidity, Sc)
B: 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 47, 52, 76, 97, 104, 121, 156, 157, 159, 168, 179, 182, 194, 202, 210, 212, 238, 241, 251, 259, 266, 273, 282, 291, 297, 301, 303, 305, 307, 312, 320, 324, 325, 332, 334, 335, 339, 341 , 345, 349, 350, 352, 354, 355, 356, 360, 363, 364.
N: 8, 17, 20, 37, 65, 103, 119, 177, 178, 187, 192, 196, 220, 276, 281, 306, 309, 322, 330.

“9” Optimism (Hypomania, Ma)
B: 11, 13, 21, 22, 59, 64, 73, 97, 100, 109, 127, 134, 145, 156, 157, 167, 181, 194, 212, 222, 226, 228, 232, 233, 238, 240, 250, 251, 263, 266, 268, 271, 277, 279, 298.
N:101, 105, 111, 119, 130, 148, 166, 171, 180, 267, 289.

“0” Introversion (Introversion, Si)
B: 32, 67, 82, 111, 117, 124, 138, 147, 171, 172, 180, 201, 236, 267, 278, 292, 304, 316, 321, 332, 336, 342, 357, 377, 383, 398, 401, 427, 436, 455, 473, 467, 549, 564.
N: 25, 33, 57, 91, 99, 119, 126, 143, 193, 208, 229, 231, 254, 262, 281, 296, 309, 353, 359, 371, 391, 400, 415, 440, 446, 449, 450, 451, 462, 469, 479, 481, 482, 501, 521, 547.

ATTENTION

Question numbers that SHOULD NOT be taken into account when processing the test:
14, 33, 48, 63, 66, 69, 121, 123, 133, 151, 168, 182, 184, 197, 200, 205, 266, 275, 293, 334, 349, 350, 462, 464, 474, 542, 551

T-scores for any raw score on each specific scale are calculated using the formula:

, Where

50 is the “norm” line, from which indicators are counted both upward (increase) and downward (decrease);
X- this is the final raw result obtained on a certain scale;
M- the median, empirically identified in the process of restandardizing the methodology, that is, the average standard indicator on this scale;
& - sigma, the value of the standard deviation from the norm, discovered during the standardization process.

Average normative data on the main SMIL scales

Analysis of the results of the SMIL TEST / MMPI TEST

In a narrow corridor of the norm - within 46-55 T - profile fluctuations are difficult to interpret, since they do not reveal sufficiently pronounced individual personality properties and are characteristic of a completely balanced personality (if the reliability scales do not show a pronounced attitude towards lying - a high scale "L" - or lack of frankness - high "K" scale).

Increases ranging from 56-66 T reveal those leading trends that determine the characterological characteristics of the individual. Higher indicators of different basic scales (67-75 T) highlight those accentuated features that at times complicate a person’s socio-psychological adaptation.

Indicators above 75 T indicate impaired adaptation and a deviation of the individual’s state from normal. These may be psychopathic character traits, a state of stress caused by an extreme situation, neurotic disorders and, finally, psychopathology, the presence of which can only be judged by a pathopsychologist or psychiatrist based on the totality of data from psychodiagnostic, experimental psychological and clinical research. A difficult life situation, traumatic events, physical illness - all this can cause a state of temporary maladjustment.

If the majority (at least 7) ​​of the profile scales are significantly elevated and there are no scales whose indicators are below 55 T (except, in extreme cases, one), then such a profile is called “floating”. The criteria for identifying signs of a floating profile are as follows: F is between 65 and 90 T, each of the scales - 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 - is above 70, the rest are 56 T and above. This profile indicates severe stress and personality maladjustment.

With a pronounced tendency to avoid frankness and to bring answers as close as possible to the norm, a recessed profile is obtained. In the recessed profile, the indicators of most scales are below 45 T, and a number of others are no higher than 50 T. This profile is most often the result of a negative attitude towards the testing procedure and is accompanied by high indicators of the L and K reliability scales with low F.

With a clear exaggeration of the severity of existing problems and one’s condition, a highly positioned jagged profile is formed. If a subject, trying to understand how the technique works and influence the results, answers “wrong” to almost all statements, then the profile turns out flat, (smoothed) on the 4th, 6th and 8th scales, but inflated on 1 1st and 3rd scales. Conversely, if the majority of statements are answered “true,” then a profile with high peaks on the F, 6, and 8 scales is obtained.

Confidence scale (L). Includes those statements that reveal a tendency to present oneself in a more favorable light, to demonstrate very strict adherence to rules. High scores on this scale (70 T and above) indicate a deliberate desire to embellish oneself, denying the presence in one’s behavior of weaknesses inherent in any person - the ability to be angry at least sometimes or at least a little, to be lazy, to neglect diligence, strictness of manners, truthfulness, accuracy in the most minimal sizes and in the most forgivable situation. In this case, the profile appears smoothed, lowered or recessed.

Most of all, high indicators of the L scale affect the underestimation of the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th scales. An increase in L to 60 T is normally observed in old age as a reflection of age-related personality changes towards increased normative behavior.

Low scores on the L scale (0 - 2 s.b.) indicate the absence of a tendency to embellish one’s character. The test (profile) is unreliable if L is 70 T and higher. In this case, retesting is required.

Reliability scale (F).

High scores (70 T and above) indicate excessive self-criticism. Tendencies to exaggerate existing problems, the desire to emphasize defects of one’s character. Signs of lack of harmony and psychological comfort. Signs of defensive reactions: perhaps an unconscious attempt to portray another (fictitious) person, rather than one’s own personal characteristics. Elevated values ​​on this scale may be a consequence of excessive anxiety during examination procedures.

High scores on this scale may cast doubt on the reliability of the examination if the F scores are above 80 T (for this scale, the upper limit of the norm is 10 T higher than for other scales).

The reasons may be different: excessive anxiety at the time of the examination, which affected the performance and correct understanding of statements; negligence in recording responses; the desire to slander oneself, to stun the psychologist with the uniqueness of one’s personality, to emphasize the defects of one’s character; a tendency to dramatize existing circumstances and one’s attitude towards them; an attempt to portray another, fictitious person; decreased performance due to fatigue or illness.

Correction scale (K).

The correction scale shows a tendency to distort the examination results, which is associated with excessive caution, high self-control during the examination and (or) the desire to show oneself “in the best light.” Unconscious control of behavior is also possible.

Indicators of the K correction scale are moderately increased (55 - 60 T) with a person’s natural defensive reaction to an attempt to invade the world of his innermost experiences, i.e. with good control over emotions. A significant increase (above 65 T) indicates a lack of frankness, a desire to hide character defects and the presence of any problems and conflicts. High K indices positively correlate with the presence of defensive reactions of the repression type.

Low scores on the K scale are usually observed with elevated and high F and reflect frankness and self-criticism.

A good guideline for assessing the reliability of the profile and identifying the subject’s attitude towards the testing procedure, in addition to the specified criteria, is the “F-K” factor, i.e. the difference between the raw results of these scales. On average, its value in harmonious individuals ranges from +6 to -6. If the difference F-K = +7... +11, then during the examination the subject has a vaguely expressed attitude towards emphasizing existing problems, towards dramatizing his difficulties.

If F-K = from -7 to -11, then a negative attitude towards testing, closedness, and lack of frankness is revealed. The value (F-K) in raw points exceeding ± 11 in one direction or another casts doubt on the reliability of the data obtained, which at least should be considered through the prism of the identified installation

Tendency to social passivity and subordination. Slow adaptation to professional operating conditions, climatic factors and a new team. Poor tolerance to change of environment. Poor self-control during interpersonal conflicts.

The main problem of this type of personality is the suppression of spontaneity (i.e., ease, spontaneity of reactions), inhibition of active self-realization, control of aggressiveness, hypersocial orientation of interests, orientation to rules, instructions, directions; inertia in decision making, over-responsibility, combined with a tendency to avoid serious responsibility for fear of failure.

The style of thinking is inert, dogmatic, relying on existing common points of view, rules and instructions. This cognitive style is devoid of freedom, independence and looseness. The basis for knowledge of the surrounding world for people of this type are ready-made generally accepted clichés.

In interpersonal relationships - high demands on both oneself and others in terms of compliance with the moral criteria of society. They are characterized by stinginess in emotional manifestations, caution, and prudence. The emotional sphere is characterized by a contradictory clash of restraint and irritability.

Increased data on the 1st scale indicates an individual’s propensity for professional activities in which such qualities as diligence, the ability to obey the established order and follow certain instructions and directives, the ability to restrain the inherent weaknesses of a person, and resist temptations are appropriate and necessary. This is an office type of employee, a conscientious official, this is also a security service, labor protection, personnel service in the army. Such features are also found among clergy, missionary helpers (as opposed to missionary leaders or fans), and also as one of the features in the personality structure of a teacher, formed under the influence of social orders over many previous decades in our country.

With excessive emotional tension (scale indicator above 75 T), difficult adaptation is manifested by an increased focus on deviations from the norm, both in terms of interpersonal relationships, where people in this circle are irritated by the irresponsibility and insufficient morality of the actions of others in their opinion, and in the sphere of well-being, where excessive attention to the functions of one’s own body can develop into hypochondriasis. At the same time, not only hypochondriasis is manifested, but also such personal traits as dogmatism, hypocrisy are strengthened, thinking becomes more inert, caution, didacticism, and edifying tone are more pronounced in interpersonal contacts.

In general, in people of this type, in all their life’s vicissitudes, a fateful thread can be seen, manifested by dissatisfaction with the imperfections of people and the moral laws that guide them, as well as their own duality: the soul cannot simultaneously realize two polar needs: 1st - to remain in within the framework of hypersocial and moral demands placed on oneself and others, 2nd - to achieve success and respect (which is a universal human need). The most successful social role is that of a zealous enforcer of laws, a keeper of traditions, a guardian of morality, protecting others from risky actions.

Aimed at identifying depressive conditions. It speaks of a tendency towards low mood, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, increased feelings of guilt, weakened volitional control, increased sensitivity and resentment. People of this type have low resistance to mental and physical stress and the inability to quickly make independent decisions. If you fail, there is a tendency to fall into despair. It is characteristic of a weak type of higher nervous activity.

As a leading peak in a profile that does not go beyond the norm, it reveals the predominance of a passive personal position. The leading motivational focus is avoiding failure. Individuals of this type are characterized by the following features: a high level of awareness of existing problems through the prism of dissatisfaction and a pessimistic assessment of their prospects; a tendency to think, inertia in decision making, a pronounced depth of experience, an analytical mind, skepticism, self-criticism, some lack of confidence in oneself and one’s capabilities.

Individuals whose profiles are accentuated on the 2nd scale (“melancholic” according to Gannushkin, inhibited according to Leonhard and Lichko, “sad people” according to Dikaya, “pessimistic” according to the typology of the author of the manual) are capable of refusing to realize immediate needs for the sake of distant plans. The style of interpersonal behavior is manifested by features of dependence, which are most noticeable in contacts with an authoritative person and with the object of affection; at the same time, distance and a painfully acute sense of self-esteem can be heard at the same time (especially when combining peaks on the 2nd and 4th profile scales).

For these people, the need for understanding, love, and a friendly attitude towards oneself is one of the leading needs that is never fully satisfied. Under stress, there is a tendency to stop reactions, i.e. to blocking activity, or driven behavior, subordination to the leading personality.

The defense mechanism is refusal of self-realization and strengthening of consciousness control. In professional terms, there is a need for such types of activities that are closer to the “office” style of work in the humanitarian or general theoretical (with sufficiently high intelligence) direction, where a serious, thoughtful attitude to the work performed is especially important.

A peak on the 2nd scale, reaching a level of 70 -75 T, reveals accentuation of the hypothymic (hyposthenic) type. High scores on the 2nd scale may be associated with a situation of severe disappointment after an experienced failure or in connection with a disease that disrupts the normal course of life and long-term plans of a person. Therefore, a rise in the profile on the 2nd scale above 70 T reveals in the subject not only a low mood due to negative experiences, but also certain personal characteristics: a tendency to acutely experience failures, to worry, to an increased sense of guilt with a self-critical attitude towards one’s shortcomings, with self-doubt. An increase in the 2nd reveals conscious self-control, when unfulfilled intentions - due to external circumstances or internal reasons - are reflected in a low mood as a result of a deficit or loss. At the same time, people in this circle can show sufficient activity, following the leader, as the most conforming and socially pliable group.

People of this type are distinguished by the greatest vulnerability to life’s adversities, the desire to comprehend and “slow down” their own immediate impulses, to avoid confrontation with the cruel laws of real life due to a pessimistic assessment of their capabilities when confronting others.

The structure of a given personality is such that the fate-realizing tendency bears the imprint of a certain passivity, and circumstances can dominate the character. Apparently, therefore, this type is characterized by fatalism, i.e. the tendency to rely on how everything “works out by itself,” “where the curve will take you,” and “how lucky you are,” rather than trying to influence fate yourself. These are passion-bearers: without realizing it themselves, they revel in the role of the victim, meekly bearing his cross. (Type “2” should be distinguished from senile passivity acquired over the years).

By refusing to fulfill immediate egoistic needs, type “2” individuals hope to thereby solve distant problems and form a base of spiritual values. Unfulfilled needs are sublimated and manifested by general humanistic tendencies. Personal aspects of life are determined by their desire to preserve the family; persons of this circle get married, focusing on the similarity of characters or agreeing to a dependent position; show pronounced responsibility for children and react painfully to separation from loved ones. Among individuals of this type there are more monogamous people.

If there is a social niche corresponding to their personal inclinations, they successfully realize their abilities, while showing emphasized responsibility. Even in a criminal environment, they are able to perform only the most honest and driven roles (treasurer or “on lookout”). They say about such people that they “have the fear of God in their souls”; They are more likely than others to be capable of altruistic manifestations. A simultaneous increase in the 2nd and 9th scales reflects a tendency to mood swings, a cyclothymic personality variant or cyclothymia.

An increase in indicators on the scale reveals emotional lability, repression of complex psychological problems, social and emotional immaturity of the individual, up to hysterical manifestations (with an increase in indicators above 80 T). People of this type exhibit signs of hysterical character traits: the desire to appear more significant, better than they really are, a tendency towards egocentrism and self-pity, an expressed desire to attract the attention of others at any cost.

An increase in profile on this scale reveals the instability of emotions and a conflicting combination of multidirectional tendencies: a high level of aspirations is combined with the need to participate in the interests of the group, selfishness - with altruistic declarations, aggressiveness - with the desire to please others.

Persons with the leading 3rd scale are distinguished by a certain demonstrativeness, brightness of emotional manifestations with some superficiality of experiences, instability of self-esteem, which is significantly influenced by a significant environment; “childishness”, immaturity of attitudes and judgments.

The type of perception, processing and reproduction of information is visual-figurative, sensory, artistic. Personalities of this type think in holistic images that have shape, color and emotional overtones. This is the most direct type of thinking characteristic of the early period of development; it is where a child begins to comprehend the world around him. Remaining a basic characteristic, emotional lability manifests itself as a leading tendency, giving the type of thinking a visual-figurative, sensual style.

There is a pronounced ability to easily adapt to various social roles; artistic postures, facial expressions and gestures attract the attention of others, which serves as a stimulating factor that excites and flatters their vanity.

Persons with the leading 3rd scale are attracted to types of professional activities in which the need for communication and the experience of vivid feelings is satisfied. Personalities of this type need the opportunity to demonstrate themselves; increased emotivity, a pronounced tendency to transform, demonstrative traits, the need for involvement in the general mood of others creates favorable soil for self-determination in the field of artistic activity, where these properties are quite appropriate, in pedagogy or in the field of social activity, where these qualities can be a good addition to provided that there is sufficiently high intelligence and a mature civic platform.

These personal characteristics can also find application in working conditions in the service sector, in amateur performances, as well as as a variant of a professional manager in production, in administrative work or in the officer personnel service, since these people are able to both obey and command, easily passing from one social role to another.

Signs of emotional immaturity are revealed that are more characteristic of a female type of behavior with a certain infantilism, affectation, and dependent tendencies. Despite their pronounced egocentrism and tendency to feel sorry for themselves, these individuals strive to level out the conflict and attach great importance to family status.

Individuals with a high 3rd scale (above 75 T) are characterized by increased nervousness, tearfulness, excessive dramatization of ongoing events, and a tendency to narrow consciousness, even to the point of fainting. The combination of high scores on the 3rd and 4th scales significantly enhances the characteristics of the 3rd, increasing the likelihood of hysterical type behavioral reactions with a tendency to “self-inflate” in conflict situations and with a pronounced desire for emotional involvement.

These people burn themselves out with their conflicting emotions, seeking to succeed mainly through the help of others, but attributing credit only to themselves. They fill their family life and personal relationships with drama, problems with children become more complicated as they grow and mature, and at work, excess emotions can manifest themselves negatively. Thanks to their pronounced flexibility and sensitivity to the moods of their environment, as well as due to their noticeable vanity, they move up the social ladder in leaps and bounds, reacting painfully to failures and boastfully celebrating the slightest successes.

Both the character itself and the fate of such people are diverse, contradictory for an unambiguous assessment, motley with events, contacts and hobbies. Their social role is to stir things up, disturb the peace, energetically call somewhere, but not really lead to any specific goal. In the social arena, more often they are “those who follow the leader,” companions and heralds of the “hero.” Traits of the 3rd scale can accompany the portrait of a public leader as an addition to other characteristics. In politics, these are eloquent populists who easily change their line of behavior out of vanity and their own instability.

Cardiovascular problems and general health concerns take up a lot of their attention and time. The problem of “to be or to seem” is solved primarily in favor of the latter by a person of this type.

Low scores on the 3rd scale (below 50 T) indicate greater emotional stability, reduced sensitivity to environmental influences with a relatively low responsiveness to problems of the social microclimate.

As a leader in a profile located within the normative range, it reveals an active personal position, high search activity, in the structure of motivational orientation - the predominance of achievement motivation, confidence and speed in decision making.

The motive for achieving success here is closely related to the will to realize strong desires, which are not always subject to the control of reason. The less mature the personality before us, the less the norms of behavior instilled in upbringing dominate a person, the greater the risk of spontaneous activity aimed at realizing momentary impulses, contrary to common sense and the interests of the surrounding society.

People in this circle are characterized by impatience, a penchant for risk, an unstable, often inflated level of aspirations, the level of which has a pronounced dependence on momentary motives and external influences, on success and failure.

Behavior is relaxed, spontaneity in the manifestation of feelings, in speech production and in manners. Statements and actions often precede planned and consistent thoughtfulness of actions. The tendency to resist external pressure, the tendency to rely mainly on one’s own opinion, and even more on momentary impulses. A noticeably expressed desire to follow one’s own primitive desires, self-indulgence. In personally significant situations, quickly fading outbreaks of conflict may appear.

Interest in activities with pronounced activity (from a young age - physical, over the years - social or antisocial), love for high speeds, and in connection with this - for moving equipment, the desire to choose a job that allows one to avoid subordination, as well as to find use for dominant traits character. Dominance in this context does not necessarily mean leadership ability. Here we are talking mainly about low subordination and emphasized independence, in contrast to leadership, which involves a penchant for organizational functions, the ability to infect others with your ideas and lead them, integrating their actions in accordance with your plans.

Persons of this type do not tolerate monotony well, monotony makes them drowsy, and the stereotypical type of activity makes them bored. The mechanism of restraining negative emotions under the strong influence of “rationality,” that is, under the control of consciousness, the role of which is enhanced in socially significant situations, leads in people of this circle to psychosomatic disorders, mainly associated with the cardiovascular activity of the body. This type of response is usually reflected in the profile by a rise on the 2nd scale with a high 4th.

A profile in which the 4th and 6th scales are moderately elevated is characteristic of a personality of a rational realistic type, which is hampered in the implementation of intentions by increased impulsiveness and nonconformism. If the peak on the 4th scale is combined with an increased 3rd, then this is rather an irrational realistic person whose pragmatism is higher than with an isolated peak on the 3rd scale, but low learning experience reduces the effectiveness of the efforts expended.

High scores on the 4th scale (above 70T) reveal an excitable variant of accentuation, characterized by increased impulsivity. The properties listed above, revealed by an elevated 4th scale in a normal profile, are grotesquely sharpened here and are manifested by difficult self-control. Against the background of good intelligence, such individuals have the ability to take an unconventional approach to solving problems, to moments of creative insight, especially when a person is not dominated by normative dogmas and various kinds of restrictions. Insufficient reliance on experience is compensated by pronounced intuitiveness and speed of reactions.

At the same time, a primitive, needy, immature personality with unjustifiably high ambitions, an individual who has nothing interesting in his soul, a lazy person, unable (or unwilling) to comprehend at least the basics of a general education course, trying to attract the attention of others through negative manifestations, violates the generally accepted style of behavior and neglects the moral principles of his environment. And then his behavior is no longer in quotation marks, but actually looks like hooliganism.

Two equally high peaks of scales 2 and 4 reveal an internal conflict rooted in an initially contradictory type of response, which combines multidirectional tendencies - high search activity and dynamic arousal processes (4th) and pronounced inertia and instability (2nd). Psychologically, this is manifested by the presence of a contradictory combination of a high level of aspirations with self-doubt, high activity with rapid exhaustion. Under unfavorable social conditions, such a predisposition can serve as a basis for alcoholism or drug addiction, as well as for the development of certain psychosomatic disorders.

This profile pattern to a certain extent reflects the traits of “type A” described by Jenkinson, who believes that this emotional-personal pattern represents the basis for the development of cardiovascular failure and a predisposition for early myocardial infarction.

The combination of the 4th scale with the 6th at high scores reveals a hot-tempered type of reaction. The height of the peaks in the range of 70-75 T reflects the accentuation of the character according to the explosive type. Higher rates are characteristic of the psychopathic personality profile of the excitable circle with a tendency to impulsive aggressive reactions. If the personal characteristics inherent in this profile and manifested by a pronounced sense of competition, leadership traits, aggressiveness and stubbornness, are directed towards socially acceptable activities (for example, sports), then the bearer of these properties can remain sufficiently adapted mainly due to the social niche that is optimal for him.

Low scores on the 4th scale indicate a decrease in achievement motivation, a lack of spontaneity, spontaneity of behavior, good self-control, unexpressed ambition, a lack of leadership traits and a desire for independence, adherence to generally accepted norms of behavior, and conformism. In everyday life they often say about such people: “No zest.” If such a decline in the profile on the 4th scale reflects a temporary decrease in the individual’s opposition to the environment, then this may be due to the fact that this individual finds himself in a situation where his “self” is blocked. For example, a person who has just received a new assignment experiences some self-doubt (an incompetence complex) and temporarily changes the strategy of behavior aimed at achieving a goal to a “trench”, wait-and-see policy.

In general, individuals for whom the 4th scale determines the leading tendency are capable of not only actively realizing their own destiny, but also influencing the destinies of other people. However, this property is strongly dependent on how mature and independent of the individual’s momentary mood is the individual’s goal-setting. The passionate desire for self-realization in emotionally immature and intellectually undeveloped people of this type is so dissociated with real possibilities that sometimes it leaves these individuals no other path to self-affirmation other than the antisocial one, starting with a “struggle” with their own parents and school, ending with serious illegal acts.

With sufficiently high intelligence, such people are able to achieve more than any other typological options. These are those independent-minded individuals who are able to dare, encroaching on established dogmas and old traditions - whether in the field of knowledge or in social foundations. The “rebellious spirit” can not only be destructive (if the foreground is the desire to deny at all costs the usefulness of the existing order and the protrusion of one’s “I”), but it can also be creative if it is a mature personality, a qualified specialist, an intelligent politician.

Type “4” is a hostage to its difficult-to-control spontaneity of feelings - be it love, art, scientific or political activity. This tendency inevitably draws a person, like an uncontrollable horse - a rider, either to the heights of triumph, or to the abyss of fall. At times, the passion of nature, beyond the control of reason, leads a person to the edge of the abyss, and he is unable to do anything to oppose this passion. It often happens that it is precisely such passionate individuals who turn out to be the creators of history, carrying the crowd along with them with the light of their own burning heart. This heroism is not always romantic; it can also be a manifestation of a person’s self-centered intoxication with his special role.

In their personal lives, they can appear both as noble romantic knights and as addicted flighty people. They are characterized by an eternal search for novelty, they are unlikely to sin with altruism, but they also take credit for this as a manifestation of sincerity and the absence of hypocrisy. Most often they have remarriages, change jobs several times, like to drink, scold the authorities, conflict with their superiors, remain childish until old age, are not always practical, often inconsistent, but at the same time they are sometimes charming. On this “soil” a personality pattern of a genius, hero, innovator, revolutionary, or a hooligan, anti-hero, extremist can be formed with equal success, but in any case - something far from the average, philistine type of personality.

The need to be proud of oneself and to gain the admiration of others is an urgent need for individuals of this type, otherwise emotions are transformed into anger, contempt and protest. With this accentuation, there is a tendency towards increased aggressiveness, interpersonal conflict, frequent changes in mood, interests and attachments, touchiness, and a tendency to affect, especially in situations of infringement of self-esteem. Impulsivity predominates in decision making. Often - disregard for social and corporate norms and values. But a temporary rise on this scale may be due to some situational reason.

The scale measures the degree to which a patient identifies with masculine or feminine role behaviors and is interpreted differently depending on the patient's gender. Elevated scores on the 5th scale in any profile mean a deviation from typical role behavior for a given gender and a complication of sexual interpersonal adaptation. Otherwise, the interpretation is polar, depending on whether the profile is female or male to be deciphered.

The raw indicators of the 5th scale in the male version of the profile sheet are distributed in the same way as on other scales - from bottom to top (from 0 to 50 T), while on the female profile sheet they start from the top, going down to the maximum values.

In the profile of men, an increase on the 5th scale is characterized by the presence of female character traits: sensitivity, vulnerability, the ability to subtly sense the nuances of interpersonal relationships, humanistic orientation of interests, passivity of the personal position (if other scales do not contradict this), humanistic orientation of interests, sentimentality, sophistication of taste , artistic and aesthetic orientation, the need for friendly harmonious relationships. This is an irrational, unrealistic personality, characterized by emotional warmth and infantilism (the same for women with a recessed 5th scale).

In interpersonal relationships, a tendency to smooth out conflicts and restrain aggressive or antisocial tendencies is revealed even in those profiles where an elevated 5th scale is combined with equally elevated scales of the 4th, 6th or 9th.

The elevated 5th scale in the normative profile of adolescents and young men is found quite often, reflecting only undifferentiated gender-role behavior and softness, unformed character, which makes them malleable material in the hands of an authoritarian-type leader and misleading during professional selection, when the choice is purely masculine. The young man’s profession is mainly of a hypercompensatory nature.

With maturity, indicators of the 5th scale tend to decrease. During the aging period, violation of sexual adaptation is again reflected in an increase in the profile on the 5th scale; the same is observed in some chronic diseases accompanied by a decrease in libido, which was, in particular, noted in the study of patients with chronic tuberculosis.

In women, high scores on the 5th scale reflect the traits of masculinity, independence, the desire for emancipation, and independence in decision-making. With a simultaneously elevated 5th and low 3rd scale, the absence of the flirtatiousness usually inherent in women, gentleness in communication, diplomacy in interpersonal contacts is revealed, and behavioral features characteristic of men are noted.

A high 5th scale (above 70 T) is especially common among athletes involved in sports activities that are physically exhausting and affect the normal development of the body according to the female type. Features of the gender-role behavior of women with a high (70 T and above) 5th scale, together with an even higher 4th, acquire the features of a masculine style - with pronounced sexual concern, a pragmatic attitude to contacts based on purely physiological attraction, with a tendency to frequent changes sexual partners, with a lack of inclination to deep, emotional attachment, to constancy.

Low scores on the 5th scale (below 50T) in a woman’s profile reflect an orthodox feminine style of gender-role behavior: the desire to be taken care of and find support in a husband, gentleness, sentimentality, love for children, commitment to family interests, inexperience and modesty in matters of sex.

Tendency to a rigid (inflexible) system in the approach to solving various life problems, slow changes in mood, and gradual accumulation of affect. Specific thinking, excessive detail and pedantry. The tendency to persistently and actively propagate one’s views and values, which is the cause of frequent conflicts with others. Often - an overestimation of one's own successes and achievements, forming a perfect idea of ​​exclusivity. Tendency to rivalry, jealousy, rancor, vindictiveness, and the formation of overvalued ideas of relationships.

Being the only peak in the profile that does not go beyond the normal range, it reveals the stability of interests, perseverance in defending one’s own opinion, the activity of the position, which increases when counteracted by external forces, practicality, sober outlook on life, the desire to rely on one’s own experience, to areas of specific knowledge , to the exact sciences. Persons with a leading 6th scale in their profile show a love of accuracy, loyalty to their principles, straightforwardness and perseverance in upholding them.

The ingenuity and rationality of the mind is combined with its insufficient flexibility and difficulties in switching in a suddenly changing situation. People in this circle are impressed by accuracy and specificity; they are irritated by amorphousness, uncertainty of goals, carelessness and carelessness of the people around them. This is a realistic, rational personality type, characterized by inflexible attitudes. It is common for people in this circle to devalue what is unattainable, as in the fable “The Fox and the Grapes,” that is, if what is desired is unattainable, then its value in the eyes of the individual decreases sharply.

To a certain extent, they give the impression of being stress-resistant. However, at the same time, there is a gradual accumulation of potential activity, which later manifests itself in an explosion of affect and an aggressive coloring of activity, when a person gives vent to his anger, showing it in one form or another. Often people of this type attribute to others the distrust and hostility that is inherent in themselves, and are punished for this.

In interpersonal contacts, individuals with a high level of the 6th scale exhibit a pronounced sense of rivalry, competitiveness, and a desire to defend a prestigious role. High emotional involvement with the dominant idea, the ability to “infect” others with one’s passion and a pronounced tendency to plan actions are the foundation for the formation of leadership traits, especially with good intelligence and high professionalism.

Personalities of this type are often found among mathematicians, economists, technical engineers, accountants, business executives and in other types of professional activities where accuracy, calculation, and a systematic approach are especially required. A pronounced sense of competition and endurance to stress contributes to the success of such people in the sports field. Often in artist profiles there is a high peak on the 6th scale. And when among them you meet people with a high profile, in which the 6th and 8th scales are above 90T, and the 2nd scale is “recessed” (i.e. below 50T), then, looking at their peculiar and uncontrollable any correction in the style of one’s entire life, one involuntarily comes to the assumption that art for people of this type is the protective niche that saves them from madness. They are willful, unpredictable and persistent in their creative self-affirmation; periodically coming into conflict with their close circle and with official circles, they are doomed to a difficult fate. This is illustrated by the biographies of Rodin, Cezanne, Vangogh, Michel Angelo Buonarotti.

Personal disharmony is characterized by a pronounced preoccupation with a dominant idea, which, as a rule, concerns a conflicting interpersonal situation. Pathological jealousy is most often found in people whose 6th scale scores are above 80 T. Also, a temporary rise on the 6th scale often appears in the profile of people in a pre-divorce situation.

The fate of individuals with a decisive role of the 6th scale in their profile is always difficult. These are people who, as it were, “cause fire upon themselves.” Biased and not indifferent to the phenomena of life around them, they stubbornly defend their opinion as the only correct one. Obsessed with this or that idea, they are able to overcome many obstacles to its implementation. They contrast the turmoil and confusion of the world around them with their subjective idea of ​​organization and order. This is exactly the type of personality when the systematic implementation of plans proves that, despite the opposition of the environment, a person can be the creator of his own destiny. If the circumstances turn out to be stronger, then individuals of this type do not compromise and show opposition or hostility in various ways.

Among them there are often militant fighters for the truth - as they imagine it, and, no matter how far it may be from the truth, they are capable of taking harmful actions (both for others and for themselves), when the losses may be disproportionate greater than the idea being defended is worth. Deprived of flexibility and agility, type “6” individuals easily make enemies for themselves, but if there are no enemies, then they are able to invent them and fight them, non-existent ones, since they do not trust anyone and are easily inflamed with hostility.

Jealous in love, they are also jealous of others' success, which serves as the basis for the formation of a strong spirit of competition. Without forgiving offenses, people of this type can realize their revenge a long time later and in a very cruel way.

Their aggressive reaction is always excessive in relation to the cause of the conflict. Let's say you insulted a person by calling him a fool. An individual of type “2” will say: “It’s sad, but this is probably true.”; type “3” will take you to a corner and whisper: “Quiet down, please: there’s absolutely no point in letting others know about this”; type “4” will reflect the blow with an instant reaction: “You are a fool!”; type “5” will babble sadly: “Well, why is it so rude, you could affectionately say - a fool,” and type “6” will become furious and come at you with his fists: “Oh, I’m a fool?!! So I’ll kill you!”

Personalities of this type, with good professional experience, prove themselves to be the most effective organizers, for the time being they give the impression of being stress-resistant, and only in a situation that affects their power-hungry traits can they become maladapted, showing externally blaming reactions, hot temper and aggressiveness.

In marriage they have conflicts, but at the same time they show thriftiness and devotion to the family. At work they show reformist zeal, accuracy and practicality, strive to command others and conflict with their superiors. In the sphere of public activity - whistleblowers of corruption, truth-seekers, organizers of opposition movements. Personalities of this type have left their mark in history as adherents of church dogmas (religious fans, representatives of the Jesuit Order), as reformer politicians or famous military leaders (for example, Napoleon).

Profiles with a low 6th scale should be especially wary. It should be emphasized that indicators on the 6th scale below 50 T are implausible. If a high 6th is evidence of hostility, a moderately elevated level is evidence of resentment, and being at the average normative level is a sign of peacefulness, then low scores reflect an excessive tendency to emphasize one’s peacemaking tendencies, which is most often found with a hypercompensatory attitude in aggressive individuals.

People of this type are characterized by excessive anxiety for any reason, indecisiveness and timidity in making decisions, and constant doubts about the correctness of the choice of decision and the goals set. They are characterized by a tendency to carefully double-check their actions and work done, an increased sense of guilt for the slightest failures and mistakes, suspiciousness, self-doubt, a mandatory focus on the opinion of the team (group), and adherence to generally accepted norms. They are prone to altruistic manifestations, acting at the maximum level of their capabilities, only to earn approval from others.

An increase in the profile on the 7th scale reveals the predominance of a passive-passive position, lack of self-confidence and the stability of the situation, high sensitivity and susceptibility to environmental influences, increased sensitivity to danger. The prevailing motivation is to avoid failure and depend on the opinion of the majority.

The leading needs are getting rid of fears and uncertainty, avoiding confrontation. They need spiritual consonance (consonance) with others. Characteristically, people of this type are distinguished by a developed sense of responsibility, conscientiousness, commitment, modesty, increased anxiety regarding minor everyday problems, and concern for the fate of loved ones. They are characterized by empathy, i.e. a feeling of compassion and empathy, increased nuance of feelings, pronounced dependence on the object of affection and any strong personality.

There is pronounced sensitivity, a tendency to doubt, excessive self-criticism, low self-esteem, contrasting with an inflated ideal “I”. Reduced stress tolerance threshold. In a situation of stress - blocking or driven activity following the majority or leading personality.

When choosing a profession, focus on the sphere of humanistic interests: literature, medicine, biology, history, as well as on the performing style of work outside of extensive contacts and with a fairly stable stereotype of activity, where the need to avoid stress is satisfied. Monotony is easily tolerated.

The 7th scale reveals increased anxiety, and with indicators above 70 T, it is no longer a character trait that is determined, but a state. Persons in this circle are characterized by self-doubt, indecision, and a tendency to carefully recheck their actions and work done; very obligatory and responsible, they are distinguished by a dependent position, orientation towards the opinion of the group, a highly developed sense of duty and adherence to generally accepted norms, a tendency towards altruistic manifestations, conformity, a tendency to react with an increased sense of guilt and self-flagellation to the slightest failures and mistakes. Trying at all costs to avoid conflict, which they experience extremely painfully, psychasthenics act at the maximum level of their capabilities in order to earn the approval of others, and most importantly - what is even more difficult - their own approval.

With an excessively self-critical attitude towards themselves, such persons are characterized by a large gap between the real and ideal “I”, i.e. there is a striving for an unattainable ideal. In this regard, they are constantly in a state of tension and dissatisfaction, manifested in obsessions, excessive restrictive actions, and rituals necessary for self-soothing.

The state of maladjustment, reflected in the profile by an increase in the 7th scale, is characterized by sleep disturbances, obsessive fears, feelings of confusion, anxiety, and a feeling of impending disaster. The combination of high scores on the 7th and 3rd scales is typical for fixed fears (fear of riding in public transport, fear of moving away from home, fear of getting an incurable disease, fear of public speaking, etc.)

The combination of a high 7th with a 6th may indicate a painful fixation on one’s ugliness or any external defects - real or imaginary. The combination of 7 and 8 (above 80 T-scores) reveals the mechanism of intellectual processing and restrictive behavior aimed at avoiding failure and manifested by the phenomena of obsession (obsessive actions, thoughts, rituals, fears). This reveals the problem of low self-esteem, a sense of one’s own imperfection, an increased sense of guilt, self-abasement, and an inferiority complex.

The fate-determining tendency in the structure of the type “7” personality is fear of the power of Evil, helplessness in the face of brutal cruelty. If type “2” can be attributed to people of “distressed thoughts,” then type “7” is “a person of a shocked conscience. Not relying on their own strength and human kindness, they, more than others - not so much with their minds as with their hearts - gravitate towards religion, finding support and consolation in it. At the same time, they are not at all so weak: due to their soft character and high sensitivity not only to their own, but also to the pain of others, persons of this type have great mental strength and the ability to endure (passion-bearers)... This is expressed in their responsibility, in caring for others, the ability to understand and feel sorry for those who are in trouble.

Due to their own defenselessness in the face of pragmatic assertiveness, they show compliance and do not pretend to a leading position. Remembering that a person can be harmonious only if there is positive self-esteem, it is easy to explain the constantly increased anxiety of persons of this type with unstable and low self-esteem. However, any person has a reason to evaluate himself as a person in positive characteristics.

The individuality of such individuals manifests itself more clearly in a situation of acceptance and support from the environment. Despite the apparent sacrifice and humility, people who are excessively fixated on their torment thus show their egocentrism, which can irritate more balanced people around them. This leaves an imprint on relationships both at work and in the family (restless and insecure employee, anxious wife, overprotective mother).

The social role of type “7” mainly comes down to conformism, the positive aspects of which are the protection of cultural and moral values ​​accumulated by society and generally accepted forms of behavior, law-abidingness and passive resistance to aggressive tendencies of the environment.

Low scores on the 7th scale (below 45 T in the linear profile) indicate a lack of caution in actions and scrupulousness in matters of morality, rather naked egocentrism, a reduced ability to empathize, non-conformity of attitudes, a rude and harsh manner of behavior, a cynical view of life phenomena .

The schizoid type of behavior is manifested by a combination of increased sensitivity with emotional coldness and alienation in interpersonal relationships. Such people are characterized by pronounced intuitiveness, the ability to subtly feel and perceive abstract images. Everyday (everyday) joys and sorrows for them, as a rule, do not evoke the proper emotional response.

They are prone to fantasy, focused on their subjective vision of the essence of phenomena, rather than on generally accepted, established, stereotyped ideas. Sometimes they have absurd and difficult to explain actions, strange and incomprehensible ideas and statements.

Increased in profile with normative indicators on other scales, it reveals a separate-contemplative personal position, an analytical mindset; the tendency to think prevails over feelings and effective activity.

Such people have a predominant abstract-analytical style of perception, manifested in the ability to recreate a holistic image based on minimal information, paying special attention to subjectively significant aspects that are more related to the world of their own fantasies than to reality. With good intelligence, individuals of this type are distinguished by creative orientation, originality of statements and judgments, originality of interests and hobbies.

There is a certain selectivity in contacts, a certain subjectivity in assessing people and phenomena in the surrounding life, independence of views, a tendency towards abstraction, i.e. to generalizations and information abstracted from specifics and everyday life.

It is more difficult for individuals in this circle to adapt to everyday forms of life and the prosaic aspects of everyday life. Their individuality is so pronounced that it is virtually useless to predict their statements and actions by comparing them with familiar stereotypes. They have an insufficiently formed realistic platform based on everyday experience; they are more focused on their subjectivity and intuition. Due to the fact that they are more rational than emotional, since they rely more on their judgments than on feelings, and, at the same time, are divorced from the reality of the world around them, they should be classified as rational, unrealistic individuals.

What for the majority is a critical situation is often regarded differently by persons with a high 8th scale due to the uniqueness of their hierarchy of values. The situation, which they subjectively perceive as stress, causes a state of confusion.

They are characterized by a professional attraction to activities of a free, creative style; they strive to avoid any formal framework or restricted types of work. Persons who gravitate towards the search for novelty, who show interest in the field of psychology, psychiatry, theosophy, and scientific research are distinguished by the presence in the SMIL profile of an increased 8th scale with accompanying increases of the 7th, 2nd or 5th, if they are theorists and humanists. People who choose various kinds of romantic professions - sailors, geologists, archaeologists, travelers and other adventure lovers - are characterized by profiles in which a high 8th scale is combined with a high 4th or 9th.

Persons of this type are characterized by an imperative need for freedom of subjective choice in decision-making, in the absence of time restrictions, which can complicate their work adaptation given the lack of tolerance among others and the absence of a differentiated individual-personal approach among managers. Unlike other types of personalities, their individualism is only aggravated by opposition from the environment, which is manifested by increased signs of maladaptation and, consequently, an increase in the peak on the 8th scale.

A profile with leading 8th and 7th scales (above 70 T) reveals internal tension, anxiety, nervousness, a tendency to endless, often fruitless, thinking about any problems (“mental chewing gum”), isolation, a chronically existing feeling of mental discomfort , uncertainty, decreased overall productivity, guilt and inferiority complex.

The fate of the type “8” personality is most likely simply unpredictable and least of all depends on how the person himself plans to plan it. The individuality of a person of this type is especially unique. If other individual personality patterns have common features within the framework of their type of reaction, suggesting somewhat similar destinies, then this type of personality is each time unique in its own way, and therefore they are all not only different from others, but also have little in common with each other . Is it just that they are the most difficult to adapt to life, they are distinguished by the originality of their motivation and sphere of interests, which is largely away from everyday problems.

They are sometimes mistakenly assessed as stress-resistant, and this is a serious misconception. It’s just that what worries most other people occupies an insignificant place in their hierarchy of values. If their true values ​​are affected, then extremely low stress resistance is revealed and maladjustment proceeds in the most irrational way. Therefore, type “8” individuals, deprived of the opportunity to fit into the social niche offered to them by circumstances, may turn out to be misunderstood, outcasts, eccentrics, who, without being taken seriously, are feared and avoided.

Those of them who have extraordinary abilities evoke respect and admiration, bordering on mystical worship, since for an ordinary person they still remain a mystery.

In their personal lives, they can be patiently adored, despite the fact that they are completely unsuited to family life: women like the “wives of the Decembrists,” believing in the higher purpose of their life partner, sacrifice both themselves and the well-being of the entire family for the sake of the one they worship . If the pedestal of greatness of such a “special person” collapses for some reason, he remains in splendid isolation.

Most often, people of this type are lonely all their lives, sacrificing personal well-being for the sake of their special purpose. Due to their extremely high intuition and ability to think transcendentally (i.e., in global categories), among them there are often fortune tellers, psychics, healers who use alternative methods of treatment, specialists who deal with the mental state of a person: psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as theologians, philosophers, astrologers, populist psychotherapists, leaders of religious sects and informal social trends.

However, interests, as a rule, are fleeting, superficial, and unstable. Everything quickly becomes boring; they lack endurance and perseverance. They are characterized by egocentrism, emotional immaturity, unreliability of moral attitudes and attachments. This scale reflects the activity of the position, a high level of love of life, self-confidence, positive self-esteem, a tendency to jokes and pranks, high achievement motivation, but focused more on motor mobility and speech hyperactivity than on specific goals.

The mood is high, but in response to opposition, an angry reaction easily flares up and just as easily fades away. Success causes a certain exaltation, an emotion of pride. Everyday difficulties are perceived as easily surmountable, otherwise the significance of the unattainable is easily devalued.

There is no inclination to seriously delve into complex problems, carelessness prevails, a joyful perception of the whole world around us and one’s existence, brightness of hopes, confidence in the future, conviction of one’s happiness.

An elevated 9th scale defines accentuation as a hyperthymic or exalted type and reveals inflated self-esteem, ease of decision-making, lack of particular discernment in contacts, unceremonious behavior, a condescending attitude towards one’s mistakes and shortcomings, easily occurring emotional outbursts with quick reactivity, inconstancy in affections , excessive laughter, falling in love - in a word, characteristics that are completely natural for adolescence, but sound like a well-known infantilism for an adult.

In a situation of stress, persons with a leading 9th scale in their profile show excessive, but not always purposeful activity, and can imitate an authoritative leading personality.

They gravitate towards activities where they can realize physical and social activity, a craving for communication, and a desire to be visible. At the same time, satiety with monotony occurs quite quickly, a tendency to change the place or type of activity appears, which is usually driven by a feeling of failure, the desire to search for a better option or simply novelty.

The properties revealed by the 9th scale can be life-altering only if maturity and a serious attitude towards life do not come to a person over the years: the play component in any areas of his activity remains dominant for the rest of his life, and the feeling never arises responsibility for yourself and loved ones. Typically, features characteristic of adolescence and early youth smooth out or disappear altogether in later years.

An adult who belongs to type “9” is an incorrigible optimist, intoxicated by the joy of being: “the sea is knee-deep” and “jumping over one’s head” is a common thing for him. If something fails, then lies and boasting compensate for the damage caused to self-esteem, leaving it consistently high thanks to the powerful defense mechanism of “denial” of problems. Walking easily through life, personalities of this type are extremely sweet at a distance, but are incorrigibly irresponsible and unnecessary in family life and work.

They can show sufficient (and even enviable) persistence and diligence only in activities that bring joy and completely coincide with their need for self-realization. Moreover, the desire to indulge immediate needs absolutely dominates any set aside goals and values ​​shifted to the future, which leads individuals of this type in their declining years to moral bankruptcy.

Low scores on the 9th scale indicate a decrease in the level of optimism, love of life and activity. If there is a peak on the 2nd scale, then this profile reflects a particularly deep depressive mood (as a rule, the 0th scale is quite high), but if the peak on the 4th scale is also high, then due to increased impulsiveness Suicidal risk (S-risk) is especially pronounced here.

An increase in the 0th scale reflects a decrease in the level of inclusion in the social environment and reveals a certain isolation and shyness. In a situation of stress - inhibition, avoidance of contacts, escape from problems into loneliness.

High indicators reflect not only isolation and taciturnity, but are often a sign of internal disharmony and a way of hiding the originality of one’s character and awkwardness in communication from others. Sometimes, at first glance, these people can give the impression of being quite sociable, but this comes at the cost of significant stress, which only they themselves know about. They rarely act as a leader.

The fate of a person of type “0” is strongly dependent on any other leading tendency, since the signs inherent in the 0th scale in their pure form are characteristic only of a person who has completely moved away from the “worldly vanity”, a hermit who has refused any contact with the surrounding world.

If the 0th scale is the only peak in the profile, then for women this indicates modesty, commitment to family interests, social compliance, and for men it indicates inertia, subjectivism, irritability, and isolation.

Low scores on the 0th scale, on the contrary, demonstrate not only sociability and lack of shyness, but also ease in flaunting their characterological characteristics. Data on the 0th scale below 40 T reveal illegibility in contacts, excessive sociability, bordering on importunity with a high 9th scale in the profile.