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Each partner goes online at www.16desires.com
and answers 128 simple questions about his/her values, life goals,
and basic desires. A three to seven page report of the results is
sent to you via email immediately after both partners are finished
answering the questions.
Recent research has shown 16 basic desires that give purpose to human
life. Everybody embraces all 16 basic desires, but to different
extents. How an individual prioritizes the 16 basic desires (called a
Reiss Profile) explains why partners are attracted to each other and
determines what they will quarrel about repeatedly.
The Reiss Relationship Profile compares how much each partner values
the following 16 intrinsic desires:
Acceptance, the need for approval
Curiosity, the need to think
Eating, the need for food
Family, the need to raise children
Honor, the need to be loyal to the traditional values of one's
clan/ethnic group
Idealism, the need for social justice
Independence, the need for individuality
Order, the need for organized, stable, predictable environments
Physical Activity, the need for exercise
Power, the need for influence of will
Romance, the need for sex
Saving, the need to collect
Social Contact, the need for friends (peer relationships)
Status, the need for social standing/importance
Tranquility, the need to be safe
Vengeance, the need to strike back
USER QUALIFICATIONS
This tool can be purchased only by qualified users. The minimum
qualifications are:
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The tool can be purchased by M.A- level marriage counselor
(psychologists or social workers) who have had training or 1 year
experience in marriage counseling.
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The tool can be purchased by clergy who have had experience or
training comforting couples.
SAMPLE AND ORDER FORM
QUESTIONS
If you wish to talk about this instrument with an IDS sales rep,
email sales@idspublishing.com
or call 614-885.2323.
HOW THE REISS PROFILE WAS VALIDATED
The Reiss Profile is the first standardized, comprehensive assessment
of what motivates people. It shows the forces driving personality
development of mentally healthy people. Users and clients often
comment on how accurate the Profile is; the scientific validity
coefficients are very high. The predictive validity is extraordinary.
Phase I: Exploratory factor studies of lists of
hundreds of motives repeatedly showed 15-16 basic intrinsic desires
of life. Multinational, confirmatory factors studies.
The 16 basic desires are acceptance, curiosity, eating, family,
honor, idealism, independence, order, physical activity, power,
romance, saving, status, social contact, tranquility, and vengeance.
Everybody embraces these desires, but to different extents. How you
rank order the 16 basic desires is called your Reiss Profile. Your RP
predicts your personality traits and how you behave in many situations.
Phase II: Psychometric studies established test-retest,
internal, and inter-rater reli-abilities.
Phase III: Concurrent validity shown with Big 5, Myers
Briggs, Murray's needs, ASI.
Each scale validated against "real-world" behavior.
Published in APA and other top journals. 20 peer-reviewed articles,
more than 10,000 administrations in six countries.
Phase IV: In order to apply the RP to relationships,
the content of four leading books on love and marriage were
classified into the 16 basic desires. Dr. Stephen Judah, an expert
marriage counselor, reviewed the narrations and suggested certain
modification. Dr. Judah administered the instrument to 75 couples in
marriage counseling, and 25 couples not in counseling. The couples
were interviewed about the validity and meaningfulness of the results.
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