Abstract
Objectives: Although the Enneagram is known for hundreds of years, research in this area is scarce. The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency of personality types of a Turkish-speaking sample and compare the rates of different personalities with demographic data. Methods: The Tastan Personality Types Inventory, an instrument based on Enneagram, was hosted at Google Forms and made available via the university’s academic web page. Online responses were collected between 08.04.2015 and 22.8.2019. Participants of the study were Turkish speaking people aged adolescents and adults. Results: Results for 1646 participants were analyzed. The mean (±SD) age was 29.48±11.03 years. The most commonly encountered main personality type was number 2, “the helper,” (n=335, 20.4%), while number 8, “the challenger” was the most frequently encountered personality wing (284, 17.3%). The frequency of type 8 personality was decreasing with increasing age, while the reverse was true for type 3 personality (χ2=130.623, p<0.001). While the type 1 personality was more common among males (n=51 (9.5%) vs. n=63 (5.7%)), the type 4 was almost twice common among females (n=48 (8.9% vs. n=183 (16.5%)) (χ2=28.835, p<0.001). Also, the probability of type 1 personality was increasing as the level of education increased (χ2=67.316, p<0.001). Conclusion: There are differences in the personality types of the studied population concerning demographic variables. These findings imply that personality is not a lifelong constant entity, but it can change with age and education. Further studies should investigate the relationship of the Enneagram personality types with certain disease entities in defined populations.
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