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MOTIV Personality Trait Descriptions
Depressive
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Motivation: To return to an inorganic state Purpose: Death drive/instinct Conflict: pessimism/apathy vs. optimism/motivation Historic antecedents: Freudian Death vs. Life instinct; Learned Helplessness Historic example: Sylvia Plath Film example: Leaving Las Vegas Counter example: Viktor Frankl |
| Characteristics: self hating, sad, inclined to think life is not worth living, feels lost, frequently unhappy for no particular reason, feels trapped in body, not comfortable with self, feels they have little control over life, cannot make it a week without feeling unhappy, pessimistic, has exaggeratedly negative beliefs about themself, feels people would not like them if they really knew them, feels defective, anxious, self-conscious, feels like no one really knows them, hides who they really are from others, feels unable to change their circumstances (learned helplessness), pervasive feeling that something is missing inside them, unrelenting feeling of not being wanted, doesn't know what will make them happy, more reserved than outgoing, has suicidal thoughts and/or impulses, feels like they are just surviving, has identity issues, lacks will power, easily discouraged, feels uncomfortable around others, doesn't trust their own judgement, feels like an outsider |
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The following items all had statistically significant factor loadings (similar to correlations) on the Depressive drive: |
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Depressive items | factor score |
| *for a low score assume the opposite of the above. the descriptions listed here are made up of personality items. people who scored high on this type scored higher on the above items compared to the average. (more info on construction) |