Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions)• Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment  Serious • Playful • Conform • Transgressive • Self • Others • Sympathy • Mastery Serious • Anxiety • Anger • Bloom • Boredom • Unpleasant  emotions(frustrated intentions) • Vexation • Guilt  • Resentment • Embarrassment
Science behind
According to the Reversal Theory, the needs and desires that drive our behaviors are unstable.
They evolve according to our mental state, enabling us to view the same situation from different angles.
The model describes 8 mental states organized into 4 pairs of alternative and opposite states in terms of values and intentions:
INTENTIONS
VALUES
PAIRS OF STATES
VALUES
INTENTIONS
Aim for
Accomplishment
Serious
Playful
Enjoyment
Be there
Fit in
Duty
Conform
Rebellious
Freedom
Oppose
Take
Individualism
Self
Other
Altruism
Give
Care
Harmony
Sympathy
Mastery
Power
Control
It sheds light on our different ways of apprehending a situation and motivating ourselves. It also shows us how to adapt to changing conditions by mobilizing the values and intentions best suited to the new situation. At the same time, it opens the way to new approaches to building and maintaining individual and collective performance.
As pleasant or unpleasant feelings result from satisfied or frustrated motivations, it is also possible to deduce a stress classification from the mental states model. This classification comprises 8 distinct categories, each corresponding to a pair of frustrated motivations:
Unpleasant emotions (frustrated intentions)
Intentions
Pleasant emotions (satisfied intentions)
Anxiety
Aim for and fit in
Serenity
Anger
Aim for and oppose
Composure
Sullenness
Be there and oppose
Mischief
Boredom
Be there and fit in
Enthusiasm
Resentment
Take and care
Gratitude
Vexation
Take and control
Pride
Embarrassment
Give and control
Devotion
Guilt
Give and care
Benevolence
This classification enables a precise diagnosis of the causes of stress. Developing effective prevention and resolution actions at an individual, team, or organization level is possible.