Horney’s Triads & Corresponding Instinctual Variants

I was surprised and delighted to notice today that the Hornevian triads correspond quite perfectly to the instinctual variants. This should mean that people who have more or all of the triad numbers with the corresponding instinctual variant will have higher levels of that trait. I find this all just so fascinating!

  • SO = move towards people, Hornevian Compliant Triad 126
  • SP = move away from people, Hornevian Withdrawn Triad 459
  • SX = move against people, Hornevian Assertive Triad 378

The Assertive/Aggressive Triad 378 move against people towards a goal. SX moves against people and stands with one person or small group of people. So the tritype 378 combined with the SX instinct would be someone, I imagine, like Athanasius, aka, “Athanasius Contra Mundum” (Latin for “Athanasius against the world”).

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