Participant tool
Self-Space Manual
How participants define self-aspects, rate attributes, and export structured data from the Self-Space app.
Manuals, specifications, and open materials
Documentation
Manuals, specifications, citations, and license — everything researchers need to use the platform in a study and cite the work correctly.
Manuals
User manuals for the platform tools
Step-by-step guidance for the two browser-based tools: the participant-facing Self-Space app and the researcher-facing dashboard.
Researcher tool
Research Dashboard Manual
How investigators load participant exports, compute metrics, inspect patterns, and generate publication-ready output.
Specifications
Measurement and construct specifications
Versioned specifications for the metrics and constructs implemented in the platform. Each document states formulas, assumptions, and interpretation rules.
Specification · v2.2
Metrics Guide
The umbrella specification for all self-complexity metrics computed across the platform.
Specification · v1.0
Identity Strength Index
Definition, formula, and interpretation of the Identity Strength Index (ISI) used in participant summaries.
Specification · v1.0
Salience
How self-aspect salience is elicited, scored, and aggregated across participants and timepoints.
Specification · v0.1.1 (draft)
Identity Archetypes
The archetype classification scheme, its detection rules, and the boundary conditions for assignment.
Open materials
License, citation, and changelog
Reuse terms, the citation format expected when the platform contributes to a study, and a record of changes to specifications and tools.
Reuse terms
License
Terms governing reuse of platform content, code, and specifications, including commercial-use conditions.
How to cite
Citation
Preferred citation format and version information for referencing the platform, tools, and specifications in manuscripts.
Version history
Changelog
A dated record of changes to specifications, metrics, and the participant and researcher tools.
For new users
Where to start once you have skimmed the materials
The documentation above is intended as reference material. For a practical walk-through of how to position the platform within a study — sample flow, exports, methods language, and what to cite — the Study Guide is the recommended starting place.