MPT-BS - Interpretation Aid

Dimension: Emotional Stability

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Emotional control

Tense, emotional, losing control over emotions, nervous, restless

Calm, collected, relaxed, rational, control of emotions, being found cold

Self-confidence

Feeling insecure, afraid of not being able to handle problems, underestimating possibilities, missing opportunities

Having a lot of confidence in oneself, being able to handle problems, overestimating possibilities

Flexibility

Finding it important to know where someone stands, functioning in a familiar and familiar environment, rigid, difficulty with adjustments

Adapts easily, finds variety important, can let go of rules if necessary, deal flexibly with changes

Anxiety and depressive feelings

Positive outlook on life, optimistic, few doubts, underestimating risks

Dwelling on risks or bottlenecks, doubts, anxious or afraid, having gloomy and/or negative feelings

Anger

Control anger, stay calm, high irritation threshold

Expressing anger quickly (e.g. by raising your voice), being easily irritated

Dimension: Conscientiousness

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Rules and certainty

Little importance to rules and guidelines, determine your own approach, set your own standards, work independently, stubborn, rebellious

Important to follow rules and guidelines, seek certainty, function in an environment that offers guidance

Orderliness

Little systematics and order in action, like to be given goals and planning by others, work sloppy, lose overview

Working systematically and in an orderly manner, accurately and precisely, keeping an overview, focusing on clearly defined goals

Perseverance

Giving up in the face of setbacks, letting go of plans quickly, difficulty getting things done

Finishing what has been started, achieving objectives, persevering in the face of setbacks, risk of rigidity

Performance motivation

Little focus on delivering good performance, not doing more than expected, regardless of whether work is done well or not well, risk of making a disinterested or lazy impression

Focused on delivering good performance, high commitment, taking on challenges, doing more than what is expected, wanting to improve one's own performance or that of others, wanting to be the best, competitive

Dimension: Extraversion

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Social courage

Staying in the background, feeling uncomfortable in a group, reserved, not very spontaneous, difficulty getting to know new people, risk that others will not listen

Feeling comfortable in social situations, lively, entertaining, making contacts, contributing to group atmosphere, being the center of attention, dominating

Assertiveness

Avoiding conflicts, compliant, having difficulty expressing opinions or contradicting others, not sufficiently standing up for one's own rights and interests, docile

Confident about one's own actions, clearly expressing one's own opinion, resilient, representing rights and interests, focused on self-interest, selfish

Need for attention

Modest, little focus on recognition, keeping one's own achievements and interests to himself, making an inconspicuous, shy or timid impression

Finding one's own achievements and interests important and letting others know them, making a dominant or arrogant impression

Dimension: Friendliness

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Caring

Putting one's own interests and needs first, letting go of other people's problems, every man for himself, insensitive

Putting the interests of others first, helping others and making them happy, doing things for others, compassionate, socially engaged, meddlesome

Harmonious

Finding one's own feelings important, attaching little importance to being liked or to the feelings of others, insulting, possibly difficulty maintaining relationships

Finding other people's feelings important, wanting to be liked, focusing on relationships, forgiving mistakes, resolving arguments

Difficulty functioning in an environment with tension or conflict

Social warmth

Independent, little need for companionship or contacts, low need to understand others, distant, uninterested

Need for companionship, wanting to understand and learn from others, spending a lot of time in contacts, social and warm impression, depending on

Trust in others

Distrusting other people, believing that people are dishonest and only being nice for their own benefit, controlling others, suspicious

Trust in other people, believing that others are honest and have good intentions, no need for control, good faith

Interest in others

At ease with people who are like him or herself, little interest in differences between cultures or people, difficulty understanding people who are different

Interested in other cultures, understanding and learning from differences between people, listening to other people's ideas and stories, collaborating with people from different backgrounds

Dimension: Openness

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Creativity

Doing things in a familiar way, coming up with few solutions, having difficulty coming up with new or original solutions and responding to unexpected problems

Likes variety, coming up with new or original solutions, getting bored with routine work or working according to procedures

Eagerness to learn

Little need to learn new things, not having to understand everything, avoiding unknown, new issues

Finding it important to understand things, solving new or complex issues, gaining new knowledge

Initiative

Doing little, leaving a lot to others, showing no initiative, passive

Undertaking various activities, taking initiative, restless

Adventurousness

Not important to have new experiences, feeling comfortable in a familiar, stable environment, people know what to expect, predictable

Love change and surprise, do new or unknown things, visit new places, undertake new activities, unpredictable

Voltage requirement

Appreciates routine, rest and regularity, little need for tension or change, avoiding risks, worried and/or cautious

A lot of need for excitement, taking risks, need for variety and change, restless

Dimension: Integrity and modesty

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Open and honest

Justice is less important in acting, others may distrust him/her because of this.

Sense of justice leading in action, others can rely on him or her.

Sincere and direct

Not telling it like it is, pretending to be different, not or hardly showing one's own feelings and opinions to others, avoids conflicts, risk of superficiality or losing the trust of others, hypocrisy

Not pretending to be different, candid, showing feelings and opinions clearly to others, staying true to oneself, directness, tactlessness

Status need

Caring little about status and possessions, such as money, luxury, admiration, beautiful things, not taking this into account when making choices

Caring a lot about status and material things, letting these things play a role in choices