MBTI Manual - A Guide To The Development and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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MBTI
Manual
A
Guide to the Development
and Use of the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator
Third Edition
Isabel Briggs Myers
Mary H. McCaulley
Naomi Quenk
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Allen L. Hammer
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Contents
Tables ix Chapter 4 Understanding the 16 Types 35
Using Type Tables to Promote
Figures xiii
Understanding 36
Foreword x\ IdemlivingGroupingsofthe
Preferences 37
Preface xvii
Characteristics ofGroupings ol the
Acknowledgments xix Preferences 38
Characteristics ofthe 16 Types 63
Conclusion 102
Part Introduction
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Chapter 1 Overview 3 Part Administration and
How to Use This Manual 4 III Interpretation 103
DifferencesBetween the MBT1 and
Other Instruments 4 Chapter 5 Administering the MBTI 105
OverviewofPsychological Type Appropriate Populations for
Theory 5 Administration 106
IdentifyingMBTI Preferences 7 Selection ofthe Appropriate Form 106
Uses ofthe MBTI Instrument 8 Gaining Respondent Cooperation 107
Conclusion 8 Introducing the MBTI 108
Guidelines DuringAdministration 109
Chapter 2 A Tradition ofChange 9 Scoring the MBTI Form M 110
Construction ofthe MBTI 1 Conclusion 113
Development ofthe MBTI 1
The 1998 Revision 13 Chapter6 Interpreting Results ofthe MBTI and
Conclusion 17 VerifyingType 115
Research Evidence Regarding Reported
and Verified Type 116
Part II Theory 19 Introducing the Interpretation 116
VerifyingType 117
Chapter3 The Theory Behind the MBTI 21
Explaining Type Dynamics and
A BriefHistory ofType Theory T)
Development 119
The Four Functions 23
FactorsThat Influence Accurac\ ol
The Four Attitudes or Orientations 25
sell-Report 120
The Theory ofType Development 27
Interpretingthe Preference Clarity Index
The Dynamic Interaction ol the and Preference Clarity Categorieson
Preferences 29
the MBTI 121
Conclusion 33
Conclusion 123
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Part IV Research 25 Using Type with Couples 240
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UsingType with Families 245
Chapter 7 Construction and Properties ofthe UsingType in Treatment for Chemical
MBTI 127
Dependency 246
History ofthe Development of Previous SummaryofClinical Research 246
MBTI Forms 128 Administeringand Interpreting the MBTI
Issues in the Construction ofPrevious in Counselingand Psychotherapy
MBTI Forms 131
Settings 249
Item Response Theory 134
Conclusion 251
Selection ofItems for Form M 139
Development ofScoring Procedures for Chapter 11 Uses ofType in Education 253
Form M 143 Revised byJohn K DiTiberio
Determining the Midpoint ofthe Scales Workingwith the 16Types in
for Form M 149 Education 254
Properties ofForm M 150 Characteristics ofLearners 261
The National Sample and the National Teachers and Teacher-Learner
Representative Sample 156 Interactions 265
Conclusion 157 Academic Aptitude and
Achievement 266
Chapter8 Reliability and Measurement Approaches to Reading, Writing, and
Precision 159 Foreign Language Learning 271
Internal Consistency Reliability UsingType in Elementaryand Secondary
Estimates 1fiO Education 276
Test-Retest Reliability Estimates 162 UsingType in Higher Education 277
Measurement Precision Using the IRT
Type and Cultural Differences in
Method 164
Education 279
Conclusion 165 Administeringand Interpreting the MBTI
Chapter9 Validity 171 in Educational Settings 280
Validity ofthe Four Preference Conclusion 283
Scales 172 Chapter 12 Uses ofType in Career Counseling 285
ValidityofWholeTypesand Type RevisedbyJean M. Kummcww
Dynamics 196
AssumptionsUnderlyingthe Use ofthe
MBTI Research Resources 218 MBTI in Career Counseling 286
Conclusion 219 Work Environments 286
Occupational Selection 293
PartV The Uses ofType 221 Job Satisfaction 303
Interests 307
Chapter 10 Uses ofType in Counselingand Values 312
Psychotherapy 223 Career Decision Making 31
Advantages ofa Typological Approach to OtherFactors Influencing Career
Counselingand Psychotherapy 224 Counseling 317
Type and theTherapy/Counseling Four Levels ofType Interpretation in
Process 225 Career Counseling 317
Implications ofResearch on Health, Administeringand Interpreting
Stress, and Copingwith Stress 235 the MBTI in Career Counseling
UsingType with Different Age Settings 322
Groups 239 Conclusion 324
Contents vn
Chapter 13 Uses ofType in Organizations 325 Chapter 14 UsesofType in Multicultural Settings 367
Contributedby Linda K. Kirby, < ontributedby Linda K. Kirbyand
Nam\ I Barger, andRogerR Pearman NancyJ. Barger
Introducing (he \1B1 and Psychological Type and Culture 368
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Type in Organizations 326 Using the MBTI Personality Inventor)
Introducingand Using the Dynamicand in Multicultural Settings 368
Developmental Aspects ofType 330 Practical Concerns About Multicultural
Improving Communication 332 Use ofthe MBTI 372
Dealingwith Conflict 335 Translations ofthe MBTI 373
Enhancing Problem Solvingand Multicultural Scoring Issues 374
Decision Making 339 Administeringand Interpreting the MBTI
Planning, Implementing, and Managing in Multicultural Settings 375
Organizational Change 341 Multicultural Type Distribution
Recognizingand ManagingStress 344 Samples 378
Using the MBTI with Teams 348 Conclusion 384
Using the MBTI in Leadership
Development and Coaching 352
Appendix: Sourcesand Descriptions
Using Type in Analyzing
ofSamples ofthe 1998 Revision 385
Organizations 358
Administeringand Interpreting the MBTI Notes 387
in Organizations 359
Glossary' 389
Conclusion 365
References 395
Contributors 411
Index 413