Using the Personality Type System to assess personality types of social workers

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a tendency for a certain personality type among social workers. Sixty-four social workers were given the Personality Type System and a demographics information sheet. The Personality Type System is a self-report inventory that categorizes personality on four scales: extraversion/introversion, sensation/intuition, thinking/feeling, and perceiving/judging. The demographics information sheet categorized the participants in five areas: gender, age, marital status, childhood family dynamics, and years of social work experience. The scores and categories were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations. The personality test scores indicated that the social workers had a tendency for the extraversion, sensation, feeling, perceiving or ESFP type of personality. The only demographic category that shared a significant relationship with the personality types was the years of social work experience category.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services and Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Canal, Stephanie Anne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klanderman, John
• Dihoff, Roberta

• Personality and occupation; Social workers
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1123

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2123