Relationships between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Psychological Type and Marital Satisfaction, Divorce Proneness, Positive Affect, and Conflict Regulation in Clinic Couples

Abstract

When nurses counsel couples, they should understand that differences in psychological type between spouses affects their marital relationship. In addition, nurses should educate couples on the characteristics of each type according to the couple's types and help them to understand each other, especially for couples where one spouse is the ISTJ/ESTJ type. These interventions will improve marital satisfaction and prevent the divorce in these couples.

Time management disposition and related factors among nursing managers in China: A cross‐sectional study

“…The results of Kelly and Johnson's investigation of 105 college students showed that time utilization rate was significantly positively correlated with sense of responsibility, and they believed that people with a strong sense of responsibility make plans in line with their own reality, allocate time correctly and use time efficiently (Kelly & Johnson, ). Other studies have reported that the extraversion factor of the Big Five personality traits has a significant positive correlation with time monitoring ability (Kong, ; Sköld & Janeslätt, ). The current study is the first to report the effect of personality factors on the time management disposition of nursing managers.…”

“…However, one study reported that 18.5% of nursing managers stated that time management was the most difficult issue (Lv, ). Existing studies also show a close correlation between nursing managers' time management and the following factors: gender, job experience, taking a time management course, reading books, planning skills, organizational ability and a strong sense of responsibility (Belal Said, ; Ebrahimi et al, ; Kelly & Johnson, ; Kong, ; Pihlainen, Kivinen, & Lammintakanen, ; Sköld & Janeslätt, ).…”