Myers–Briggs Type Indicator

E174334
personality assessment psychometric instrument questionnaire

The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator is a widely used personality assessment tool that categorizes individuals into 16 distinct personality types based on their preferences in perception and decision-making.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator canonical 2
ENFP 1
INTJ 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf personality assessment ⓘ
psychometric instrument ⓘ
questionnaire ⓘ
abbreviation Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MBTI
administeredBy trained practitioners ⓘ
basedOn Jungian psychological types ⓘ
classifiesInto 16 personality types ⓘ
coDeveloper Katharine Cook Briggs ⓘ
contrastedWith Big Five personality traits ⓘ
criticizedFor dichotomous type categories ⓘ
limited predictive validity ⓘ
reliability issues ⓘ
developer Isabel Briggs Myers ⓘ
firstDeveloped mid-20th century ⓘ
focusesOn decision-making ⓘ
perception ⓘ
psychological preferences ⓘ
hasFormat self-report questionnaire ⓘ
hasLegalStatus trademarked instrument ⓘ
hasPurpose exploring work preferences ⓘ
improving communication ⓘ
self-understanding ⓘ
hasQuestionCountRange approximately 90–100 items (depending on form) ⓘ
hasTargetPopulation adults ⓘ
hasTypeCodeExample Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ENFP

ESFJ ⓘ
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: INTJ

Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISTJ
hasVersion Step I ⓘ
Step II ⓘ
Step III ⓘ
inspiredBy Carl Jung ⓘ
surface form: Carl Gustav Jung
language English ⓘ
measures personality type ⓘ
previousPublisher CPP Inc. ⓘ
publishedBy The Myers-Briggs Company ⓘ
requires authorized materials for official use ⓘ
translatedInto multiple languages ⓘ
usedIn career counseling ⓘ
organizational development ⓘ
personal development ⓘ
team building ⓘ
usedWorldwide true ⓘ
usesDimension Extraversion–Introversion ⓘ
Judging–Perceiving ⓘ
Sensing–Intuition ⓘ
Thinking–Feeling ⓘ
usesScoring preference clarity indices ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carl Jung → influenced → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator ⓘ
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator → abbreviation → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MBTI
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator → hasTypeCodeExample → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: INTJ
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator → hasTypeCodeExample → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ENFP
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator → hasTypeCodeExample → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISTJ
Psychological Types → influenced → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator ⓘ
Psychological Types → influenced → Myers–Briggs Type Indicator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keirsey Temperament Sorter