The Balanced Lives Center (BLC)

Phlegmatic temperament traits

Introduction
Based on a self analysis test (temperament analysis profile), one could be assessed as phlegmatic in inclusion, control or affection; phlegmatic in any combination of these areas; or in all of them. A person who is phlegmatic in all areas is called a Pure Phlegmatic .

In addition, one could be assessed as possessing a combination of temperaments in any of these areas (inclusion, control and/or affection). This is because each area has an expressed and actual desire. Therefore one could be melancholy / phlegmatic in affection. This means that one expresses as a melancholy but has an actual desire of a phlegmatic in the area of affection. 

The following traits are common in persons who are phlegmatic in inclusion, control and affection;

Inclusion

1. slow paced

2. can be task or people oriented

3. perfectionist

4. calm and easy going

5. observer rather than participant

6. flexible and well rounded

7. dry sense of humour
   

Control

1. self righteous

2. most stubborn of all the temperaments

3. good peace-maker

4. indecisive, tends to procrastinate

5. difficult to motivate

6. prone to using hurtful verbal defences

Affection

1. no fear of rejection

2. well-balanced and non-demanding

3. realistic

4. tends to be an observer and uninvolved

5. unemotional

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References

1. Creation Therapy – Richard G Arno and Phyllis J Arno
2. A Temperament Theory of Personality Development – Arnold H Buss and Robert Plowman

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