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

444 Pages·1998·66.4 MB·English

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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 L. Quenk
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\ Idem living Groupings of the
Preferences 37
Preface xvii
Characteristics of Groupings ol the
Acknowledgments xix Preferences 38
Characteristics of the 16 Types 63
Conclusion 102
Part I Introduction I
Chapter 1 Overview 3
Part III Administration and
How to Use This Manual 4
Interpretation 103
Differences Between the MBT1 and
Other Instruments 4 Chapter 5 Administering the MBTI 105
Overview of Psychological Type Appropriate Populations for
Theory 5 Administration 106
Identifying MBTI Preferences 7 Selection of the Appropriate Form 106
Uses of the MBTI Instrument 8 Gaining Respondent Cooperation 107
Conclusion 8 Introducing the MBTI 108
Guidelines During Administration 109
Chapter 2 A Tradition of Change 9
Scoring the MBTI Form M 110
Construction of the MBTI 1
Conclusion 113
Development of the MBTI 1
The 1998 Revision 13 Chapter 6 Interpreting Results of the MBTI and
Conclusion 17 Verifying Type 115
Research Evidence Regarding Reported
and Verified Type 116
Part II Theory 19 Introducing the Interpretation 1 16
Verifying Type 117
Chapter 3 The Theory Behind the MBTI 21
Explaining Type Dynamics and
A Brief History of Type Theory T)
Development 1 19
The Four Functions 23
Factors That Influence Accurac \ ol
The Four Attitudes or Orientations 25
sell -Report 120
The Theory of Type Development 27
Interpreting the Preference Clarity Index
The Dynamic Interaction ol the
and Preference Clarity Categories on
Preferences 29
the MBTI 121
Conclusion 33
Conclusion 123
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Part IV Research 1 25 Using Type with Couples 240
Using Type with Families 245
Chapter 7 Construction and Properties of the
Using Type in Treatment for Chemical
MBTI 127
Dependency 246
History of the Development of Previous
Summary of Clinical Research 246
MBTI Forms 128
Administering and Interpreting the MBTI
Issues in the Construction of Previous
in Counseling and Psychotherapy
MBTI Forms 131
Settings 249
Item Response Theory 134
Conclusion 251
Selection of Items for Form M 139
Development of Scoring Procedures for Chapter 1 1 Uses of Type in Education 253
Form M 143 Revised byJohn K DiTiberio
Determining the Midpoint of the Scales Working with the 16 Types in
for Form M 1 49 Education 254
Properties of Form M 150 Characteristics of Learners 261
The National Sample and the National Teachers and Teacher-Learner
Representative Sample 156 Interactions 265
Conclusion 157 Academic Aptitude and
Achievement 266
Chapter 8 Reliability and Measurement
Approaches to Reading, Writing, and
Precision 159
Foreign Language Learning 271
Internal Consistency Reliability
Using Type in Elementary and Secondary
Estimates 1 fiO
Education 276
Test-Retest Reliability Estimates 162
Using Type in Higher Education 277
Measurement Precision Using the IRT
Type and Cultural Differences in
Method 164
Education 279
Conclusion 165
Administering and Interpreting the MBTI
Chapter 9 Validity 171 in Educational Settings 280
Validity of the Four Preference Conclusion 283
Scales 172
Chapter 12 Uses of Type in Career Counseling 285
Validity of Whole Types and Type
Revised byJean M. Kummcww
Dynamics 196
Assumptions Underlying the Use of the
MBTI Research Resources 218
MBTI in Career Counseling 286
Conclusion 219
Work Environments 286
Occupational Selection 293
Job Satisfaction 303
PartV The Uses of Type 221
Interests 307
Chapter 10 Uses of Type in Counseling and Values 312
Psychotherapy 223 Career Decision Making 3 1
Advantages of a Typological Approach to Other Factors Influencing Career
Counseling and Psychotherapy 224 Counseling 317
Type and the Therapy/Counseling Four Levels of Type Interpretation in
Process 225 Career Counseling 317
Implications of Research on Health, Administering and Interpreting
Stress, and Coping with Stress 235 the MBTI in Career Counseling
Using Type with Different Age Settings 322
Groups 239 Conclusion 324
Contents vn
Chapter 1 3 Uses of Type in Organizations 325 Chapter 14 Uses of Type in Multicultural Settings 367
Contributed by Linda K. Kirby, < ontributed by Linda K. Kirby and
Nam\ I Barger, and Roger R Pearman NancyJ. Barger
Introducing (he \1B1 I and Psychological Type and Culture 368
Type in Organizations 326 Using the MBTI Personality Inventor)
Introducing and Using the Dynamic and in Multicultural Settings 368
Developmental Aspects of Type 330 Practical Concerns About Multicultural
Improving Communication 332 Use of the MBTI 372
Dealing with Conflict 335 Translations of the MBTI 373
Enhancing Problem Solving and Multicultural Scoring Issues 374
Decision Making 339 Administering and Interpreting the MBTI
Planning, Implementing, and Managing in Multicultural Settings 375
Organizational Change 341 Multicultural Type Distribution
Recognizing and Managing Stress 344 Samples 378
Using the MBTI with Teams 348 Conclusion 384
Using the MBTI in Leadership
Development and Coaching 352
Appendix: Sources and Descriptions
Using Type in Analyzing
of Samples of the 1998 Revision 385
Organizations 358
Administering and Interpreting the MBTI Notes 387
in Organizations 359
Glossary' 389
Conclusion 365
References 395
Contributors 411
Index 413