Stolen from hair_complex (a proper entry will come soon, promise...):
Your result for The Social Orientation Inventory...
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+Attent/Other/+Attach/-Emo/+<3/Narrow/Secure
You scored 54% Attention-desiring, 89% Other-directedness, 70% Attachment-desiring, 47% Emotionality, 78% Romance-seeking, 27% Range, and 53% Secureness.
Your Bonding Quadrant: Companionate
Summary: You crave regular interaction and like to keep the focus on other people. You make an effort to hold onto the few important people in your life, especially romantic partners. Interpersonal relationships are more about shared interests than shared emotions for you.
Here is a glossary to help you understand the cryptic, septapartite notation of your SOI type:
-Attent=low desire for attention, acknowledgement, and/or interaction
+Attent=high desire for attention, acknowledgement, and/or interaction (specific attentional needs vary from type to type)
Self=more interested in oneself than in others when interacting
Other=more interested in others than in oneself when interacting
-Attach=does not seek out long-term attachments
+Attach=seeks out long-term attachments
-Emo=prefers unemotional relationships
+Emo=prefers emotionally intense relationships
-<3=low desire for sex and/or romance
+<3=high desire for sex and/or romance
Narrow=interacts with few people
Broad=interacts with many people
Insecure=expects negative evaluation from others
Secure=does not expect negative evaluation from others
Merging=High attachment-seeking, high emotionality (merging types are prone to obsession; devotion; identity crises; offspring)
Companionate=High attachment-seeking, low emotionality (companionate types are likely to be loyal, cool-headed, and dependable, with a long-term temporal orientation)
Acute=Low attachment-seeking, high emotionality (acute types tend toward extremes, and temporal orientation is mostly immediate)
Distant=Low attachment-seeking, low emotionality (distant types are the most autonomous and the most avoidant)
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