7. ON THE MULTIVARIATE STRUCTURE

A mapping sentence is provided for defining the universe of observations of wellbeing. According to this, assessment of wellbeing is attitudinal. Data from sever­ al studies verify that the First Law of Attitude holds for wellbeing. These data also show the structure of the interrelationships among the variables to be that of inter- meshing cylindrexes, in an SSA space of four dimensions. Areas of life play the role of polarizmg facets, while self-versus-community and situation-versus-treatment serve as axial facets. Modulating facets include primary-to-secondaiy interaction, and generali­ ty-to-specificity.