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.
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