This paper demonstrates the usefulness of O- factor analysis in studying how feelings are struc tured and how situational factors influence feelings. Four subjects made self-ratings on several occasions using variables they had chosen themselves. Data were O-factor analyzed, and factors were inter preted in terms of feelings common for situations which loaded on the factors. Problems and appli cability of the method in psychotherapy research are discussed.
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