Caring

The list of questionnaire items below includes those to which all four “caring” types (SEI, ESE, SLI, and LSE) simultaneously answer “yes” more often than the population average. The questions are presented in descending order of the sum of the peak heights of the four caring types in the question profiles. The list is limited to the first 132 questions.

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1. I am not very good at sensing new ideas and innovative projects, but I have a knack for comfort and coziness.
2. It's hard for me to get distracted from arising "biological" desires: until I eat, wash, or take a shower, I'll keep thinking about it.
3. In the physical, tangible world, I feel "like a fish in water" - I possess everyday practicality, good manual skills, and know how to organize my living space comfortably.
4. I know how to rest well, value pleasures and everyday joys, and excel in creating comfort in my close surroundings.
5. I often experiment in the realm of comfort and coziness, striving to eliminate annoying elements.
6. Finding the most comfortable and convenient place is a characteristic activity for me.
7. I would make a good specialist in organizing comfortable workplaces.
8. I like to express my affection for a person primarily by helping meet their basic needs - feeding them, ensuring their peaceful sleep and comfortable rest.
9. I get great pleasure from good food, comfort, and nature, and I love to share this with my friends.
10. I am a bit lazy, but I enjoy cooking and organizing home comfort.
11. I am practical and efficient in everyday life, and I enjoy taking a parental role in these matters.
12. I am very industrious in everyday life and consistently energetic and conscientious in any work.
13. Comfort is very important to me - getting a good night's sleep, avoiding drafts from the window, and eating at my own pace.
14. Comfort and well-being are very important to me.
15. I am a person of simple pleasures and everyday joys; these are the main things for me.
16. I always spend considerable time making myself comfortable in a new place.
17. My physical needs are sacred to me; I always follow them and don't let others interfere with them.
18. I can be very stubborn about my comfort and well-being.
19. I notice and respond to the slightest changes in my sensations; bodily sensations are very important to me.
20. I am very practical in everyday life.
21. I am a warm and soft person, conciliatory, fond of consulting, eating well, loving home comfort and money.
22. The most important and interesting thing for me in any task is the combination of beauty, convenience, and practicality.
23. I am always concerned about the comfort and convenience of my workplace, dedicating a lot of time to it so that nothing irritates me later.
24. I pay attention to changes in my well-being and usually catch the first signs of illness in time to take preventive medicine.
25. Compared to others, I highly value comfort and good, convenient things.
26. I easily respond to requests to do something around the house.
27. My talents are in being cozy and fussing around, knowing how to rest well, and avoiding conflicts.
28. Key concepts for me are pleasure, satisfaction, enjoyment, fulfilling hunger or thirst.
29. I am sensitive to both my own and others' physical discomfort.
30. I finely notice all the sensations of my body.
31. I love giving advice on proper household management.
32. I know how to cook for myself and love doing it.
33. I can distinguish even slight taste nuances in food.
34. I don't like empty high dreams and prefer to live a real life - better clean the shoes.
35. I have nimble and very sensitive hands, perfectly coordinated by sight, capable of fine, "delicate" and precise, well-coordinated movements.
36. The core of my life is the pursuit of comfort, seeking pleasant sensations, and avoiding unpleasant ones.
37. Taking care of my body, my stomach is a pleasant process.
38. I am a gourmet and better understand culinary subtleties than many others of my gender.
39. Compared to others, I probably spend more time ensuring a constant supply of resources - always having the necessary tools at home and keeping the refrigerator stocked.
40. My virtues are that my everyday life is cleaner and more organized than others', my garden at the dacha is more efficient, my children's school and kindergarten are better chosen, and I am more accurate and successful in maintaining my health and regular order at home.
41. During meals, I always focus on the pleasant sensations.
42. I am very picky about the taste of products, at least I can often tell fresh from not-so-fresh.
43. In any place, I spend the first significant efforts making myself personally comfortable.
44. I have a good sense and memory for the spatial forms of objects.
45. I love and excel at making or crafting things with my hands.
46. I am great at taking care of myself - I protect my material interests well, and never forget to have a good and timely meal.
47. I easily focus my attention on every muscle in my body, on any chosen internal organ, feeling them all as a well-coordinated machine.
48. I am always friendly and pleasant in communication, spending a lot of time on comforts for myself and friends.
49. By taste, I can always tell if food is worth eating to avoid feeling bad later.
50. I am good at controlling my body and feeling the surrounding space, so bumping into things, tripping, or hitting are not my thing.
51. I easily detect even a small bitterness or mustiness in the taste of food.
52. Sensations are very important to me, I can say that I think not in words and images but with my entire body's surface.
53. I am very caring towards my family and friends.
54. I get upset if my guest has no appetite.
55. I am a master at setting up a household in a new place - finding what I need, checking quality, distributing responsibilities.
56. I am usually immersed in the sensation of the present moment, "here" and "now," and imagining things that could be but aren't in front of me is difficult.
57. I can quickly switch attention between sensations in different parts of my body.
58. Small but reliable tasks are more attractive to me than "global" but very risky ones.
59. I can well assess the quality of any food product, explaining in detail what I like or dislike about it.
60. I always keep small food supplies for others - just in case someone gets hungry.
61. I often focus on the pleasant conscious sensation of my body's well-coordinated and obedient work.
62. If I see that a close person is sick or feeling bad (and I usually see it right away), I almost certainly approach them with my care and advice on treatment - based on what I would do for my own health.
63. I would rather and more readily tidy up my office than ponder past moments of my life and career.
64. Very important values for me are the harmony of nearby space and my relaxation in it.
65. By touch, with eyes closed, I can easily determine any familiar material.
66. I notice new smells in a room earlier than others.
67. Satisfying a real need is more important to me than satisfying curiosity.
68. Even if I am not doing repairs, I still love browsing (and often browse) internet forums dedicated to home improvement and household appliances.
69. I fear a lot.
70. I easily recognize an object even by its separate details.
71. I know how to be attentive to others' comforts and often show this care.
72. I love to spontaneously caress my children or relatives when they just pass by: hug, kiss, stroke.
73. I often recall my past pleasant sensations - sounds, smells, colors, touches.
74. I have a good memory for the spatial arrangement of rooms and furniture in new acquaintances' homes and the shapes of car bodies.
75. When explaining something to people, I always resort to vivid concrete examples rather than abstractions or references to intuition.
76. I am relaxed about routine procedures, like cleaning the apartment, polishing shoes, and caring for equipment.
77. I would enjoy being a designer - I like refining everything related to the harmony of perceived forms, convenience, and comfort.
78. I am a bourgeois in a good sense - the well-being of today and what is nearby interests me most, not something far away.
79. I like cooking.
80. I often treat the illness of a close person almost as my own and usually can't help but give sympathetic advice.
81. I have excellent coordination of movements and a precise eye.
82. I am better than others at arranging myself properly in a new place.
83. I am more interested in the practical application of something than in searching for hidden meanings.
84. I would like the profession of a confectioner or cook.
85. I often evaluate things by touch, taste, and smell.
86. I deal much more with real values and needs than with mental fantasizing.
87. I easily notice even the slightest foreign taste and smell in products.
88. I tend to take care of my loved ones - sometimes even in small things.
89. By nature, I am kinder and less selfish than others.
90. The present is more or less clear to me, while the future is unclear and thus uninteresting.
91. If one voice calls for eating and another for satisfying curiosity at the same time, I usually eat first.
92. When I look at someone, I often involuntarily notice whether their clothing material breathes, fits, or presses them.
93. Try to do the following tasks (do each task as you read): first, run your tongue back and forth along the inside surface of your lower teeth; then along the inside surface of your upper teeth; then lick the outside, outer surface of your upper teeth with your tongue; then the outside, outer surface of your lower teeth; then lick the outside of your right corner of your mouth with the tip of your tongue; then the left corner of your mouth; then lick your upper lip from left to right; then puff out one right cheek; then only one left cheek; then click your tongue; then whistle through your lips; then pretend to sip liquid through a straw and blow out a match. If all the tasks without exception were absolutely easy, without mistakes and without difficulty, give yourself a "5", if you managed to do everything, but there was some particular difficulty, give yourself a "4". If there were difficulties or mistakes in two or three tasks, give a "3", if in four or five tasks, give a "2". If difficulties or mistakes arose in six or more tasks, give a "1".
94. I almost always look at someone or something specific, not staring into infinite space.
95. I love giving gifts, enjoy celebrating for friends; I am a very hospitable host, love guests, and know how to create a good atmosphere at home.
96. I constantly "listen" to the sensations of my body.
97. I have obedient senses: I always quickly find the needed object in a pile of stuff.
98. My desires and biological needs are sacred to me; I never deny them, always achieve their fulfillment, and overcome others' resistance if necessary.
99. With eyes closed, I can easily imagine a vivid and detailed mental image of my hand touching silk or rough rope, feeling something cold or hot.
100. At a glance, I can easily say if an object (like a pencil, folder, clothing item) is mine or if it's confused with someone else's similar-looking item.
101. In someone else's home, I often notice careless treatment of various things.
102. I would enjoy doing interior renovations - leveling plaster, beautifully laying tiles, polishing parquet, etc.
103. The most important thing for me is the sensations of the current moment, to be comfortable and pleasant here and now, not someday or somewhere else.
104. I like taking care of my belongings, tidying them up - I enjoy the process itself.
105. I catch the beginning of a cold a day or two before the illness - by the slightest initial symptoms in my nose or throat, by the lightest initial malaise.
106. I have a strong need to protect and care for my loved ones (perhaps it is stronger than others').
107. Just one look - and I remember the arrangement of items on the table well.
108. I think my biological instincts are stronger than those of other people.
109. Sex, food, good resorts, fashionable clothes, a prestigious home, a healthy body - these are the core values of my life.
110. My world is the real world, imaginary worlds are not mine.
111. I easily and quickly evaluate the size of objects - which is bigger, which is smaller; which is farther, which is closer - even if the differences are very slight.
112. Understanding and feeling the future is always a problem for me.
113. My activity is mainly directed at preventing and eliminating situations where I could feel physical discomfort and emotional distress.
114. I have to strain to think about the future and make predictions.
115. Sometimes I "pester" others with my care.
116. With a brief glance, I instantly evaluate the arrangement and orientation of objects in the surrounding space.
117. I am a very thrifty person, valuing high quality and durability in everything I consume more than others.
118. I easily recall what color clothes my loved ones wore today and yesterday (try to remember).
119. I am distinguished by spatial agility and quick-wittedness.
120. I easily distinguish even close color shades and often notice changes in color tone of objects caused by changes in lighting.
121. I am a very concrete and realistic person, far from fantasies and daydreaming.
122. I enjoy caring for others.
123. Massage, steam baths, rubdowns - these are wonderful, truly worth the money.
124. With my eyes closed and extending my "weak hand" (usually the left), I can accurately and without errors touch the tip of my nose three times in a row with a swing (check).
125. Kindness, loyalty, and diligence are my constant, most prominent qualities in any situation.
126. I easily thread a needle - my fingers' movements are always accurately precise.
127. It irritates and offends me more when friends or children ignore my advice on proper household management than when they don't listen to my advice about the future.
128. I can easily imagine the smell of apples in my mind.
129. Professions such as florist, interior designer, clothing designer, cosmetologist, or confectioner would suit me very well.
130. I have a very good sense of the distance to a nearby tree or person.
131. I love sitting next to my loved ones, hugging.
132. I love all kinds of hugs, tenderness, and caresses.