Relationships between Myers-Briggs type indicator measure of psychological type and neo measure of big five personality factors in Polish University students: a preliminary cross-cultural comparison

Psychol Rep. 2008 Oct;103(2):588-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.103.2.588-590.

Abstract

English-language versions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Form G) measure of psychological type and the NEO-FFI measure of the Big Five personality factors were completed by 57 Polish university students fluent in the English language. The pattern of correlations between MBTI and NEO-FFI scales for the Polish sample was compared to the pattern of correlations for measures of these same constructs reported for Americans. Four of the five significant relationships between MBTI and NEO-FFI scales reported in the American sample were also recorded in the Polish sample: MBTI Extraversion-Introversion with NEO Extraversion, MBTI Sensing-Intuition and MBTI Judging-Perceiving with NEO-Openness, and MBTI Judging-Perceiving with NEO Conscientiousness. Pending replication with a larger, more representative sample, this preliminary study supports the validity of psychological type in Polish society.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Disorders* / diagnosis
  • Personality Disorders* / ethnology
  • Personality Disorders* / psychology
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Students / statistics & numerical data*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*