Triadic Psychological Architecture and Triadic Balance Framework: A Theoretical Account of Human Motivation, Regulatory States, and the Conditions for Motivational Integration (Main Paper)

README – Triadic Psychological Architecture (TPA) and Triadic Balance Framework (TBF) – Complete Corpus Guide: This repository contains the complete published record of the Triadic Psychological Architecture (TPA) and Triadic Balance Framework (TBF) — a novel, non-hierarchical motivational architecture developed by independent researcher Mario Cristy Mabutas, Jr. It comprises six interlinked scholarly documents plus this README. The TPA proposes three functionally independent motivational domains (SPAA, AEACFO, and ECACA) modulated by a binary regulatory state (iSPAA threat mode vs. sSPAA safety mode). The TBF provides practical individual and collective applications grounded in Anchored Wellbeing Ethics (AWE) and Convergent Viability Ethics (CVE). This README serves as the authoritative entry point: it explains the structure of the corpus, provides citation instructions, lists all DOIs, and includes licensing and version information. All documents are released under CC-BY 4.0 and are openly accessible. Main paper: This foundational paper presents the Triadic Psychological Architecture (TPA) — a mid-level motivational model that identifies three neurobiologically distinct domains: Self-Preservation and Appetitive Acquisition (SPAA), Affective Empathy and Affective Care For Others (AEACFO), and Epistemic Curiosity, Analytical Capacity and Analysis (ECA). These domains are modulated by a global regulatory state (iSPAA threat mode versus sSPAA safety mode) and executed via a Courage gate. The accompanying Triadic Balance Framework (TBF) derives testable clinical and societal applications from this architecture. The paper includes the full archetype system (27 base configurations × 2 states = 54), six core predictions, six falsification criteria, and the Anchored Wellbeing Ethics (AWE) as a non-moral, allostatic-load-grounded normative system. It positions TPA/TBF as a genuinely integrative bridge between evolutionary affective neuroscience, personality psychology, and applied ethics. notReviewed other