Competitiveness
Dimension 52 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Competitiveness measures the extent to which an expression reflects a drive to outperform others, win contests, and approach social or goal-directed situations in terms of rivalry versus cooperation. It encompasses enjoyment of competition, strategic efforts to gain advantage, and the relative emphasis placed on winning, compromise, or collaborative coordination.
evidence final name · Get Compete
Minimal Competitiveness
Expressions activating this band show little to no clear orientation toward rivalry, winning, or comparative advantage, and often focus on unrelated personal, social, or descriptive content. When goal pursuit appears, it is not framed as contest, status striving, or defeating others.
Low Competitiveness
Expressions activating this band reflect occasional concern with comparison, exclusion, or being better than others, but they are tempered by compromise, collaboration, or comfortable group functioning. Competition is present as a situational tendency rather than a dominant interpersonal stance.
Moderate Competitiveness
Expressions activating this band present a mixed stance in which cooperative activity and mutual help coexist with attraction to conflict, self-reliance, or working apart from others. Competition is recognizable, but it remains balanced with practical cooperation and negotiated coexistence.
High Competitiveness
Expressions activating this band clearly frame interaction around contests, winning, being driven, and using influence or effort to prevail, even while allowing for compromise or cooperation as tactics. Achievement is experienced as comparative success rather than simple task completion.
Intense Competitiveness
Expressions activating this band center on strong, persistent preoccupation with competition, hard striving, and eliminating rivals or obstacles to come out ahead. Social and goal-directed situations are experienced primarily as arenas for winning.
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Minimal Get Compete: Content characterized by feeling, characters, phone, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get compete at this level.
Emerging Get Compete: Content characterized by profit, out, lot, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get compete at this level.
Elevated Get Compete: Content characterized by competition, rivalry, serious, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get compete at this level.
Severe Get Compete: Content characterized by compete, cooperation, hate, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect get compete at this level.