Alternative Ways of Measuring Counselees' Jungian Psychological‐Type Preferences

Abstract

Instruments measuring Carl Jung's (1921/1971) theory of psychological types have been widely used in various counseling contexts, including career counseling, marital and family therapy and team building. The most popular measure of types, the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), was developed by Katherine C. Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, but the MBTI has been criticized for (a) dichotomous scoring, (b) forced‐choice response formats, and (c) differential gender weighting of item responses. The authors conducted 2 studies (N1 = 207; N2 = 894) exploring the psychometric properties of scores from an alternative measure of types, the Personal Preferences Self‐Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ). Results suggest that the PPSDQ may successfully address concerns with alternative measures.

Reliability, Structure, and Correlates of Learning and Study Strategies Inventory Scores

“…It has been suggested that Jungian-type differences appear in educational aptitude, application, interest, and achievement and that "type theory accounts for the different aspects of these characteristics" (Myers & McCaulley, 1985, p. 95). To overcome difficulties with the most commonly used measure of Jungian types (Vacha-Haase & Thompson, 2002), here the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ) was used to measure these preferences (Arnau, Thompson, & Rosen, 1999;Kier, Melancon, & Thompson, 1998;Melancon & Thompson, 1996;Mittag, 1999).…”

Personality Types of Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers: Implications for Teacher Education

“…Therefore, it is a common personality instrument that is utilized by two million users each year (Furnham, Moutafi, & Crump, 2003). Vacha-Haase and Thompson (2002) summarized the popularity of MBTI as being due to the fact that it focuses on normal variations in personality and the fact that it is value neutral. In addition, Myers, McCaulley, Quenk, and Hammer (1998) reviewed previous studies associated with the MBTI and concluded that the MBTI showed acceptable reliabilities and validities (detailed in the Method Section).…”

Psychological type and counselling psychology trainees’ choice of counselling orientation

“…In addition Keirsey reports on his website that the KTS has a 0.75 correlation with the MBTI (Keirsey, website 2002). Both measures are widely used in career assessment situations (Vacha-Haase & Thompson, 2002). Dodd and Bayne (2007) found adequate reliabilities of the KTSII for research purposes of 0.78 (EI), 0.79 (SN), 0.70 (TF) and 0.73 (JP).…”