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Reliability and Validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Instrument

The relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), job satisfaction and well-being among working college students in China


Liying, W., & Sheibani, S. (2024).
The relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), job satisfaction and well-being among working college students in China.
Journal of Ecohumanism, 3(7), 3620–3638.

This research sought to assess whether personality types and job satisfaction can be used to prevent the decline of well-being among working college students in China. It specifically examined the effects of MBTI® preferences on job satisfaction and well-being.

A sample of n = 351 (18–26 years old; 58% male, 42% female) were given the MBTI assessment, Chinese Happiness Inventory, Psychological Wellbeing Scale, and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Results showed that MBTI personality types significantly shape both job satisfaction and well-being. Preferences for Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging predicted high job satisfaction and better well-being among the students. Job satisfaction was the mediating factor positively impacting the well-being of working students.

The findings demonstrate that understanding Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) type impacts job satisfaction and well-being; in this study, preferences for ESTJ predicted higher job satisfaction and well-being. These results can be applied to other MBTI preferences and targeted to enhance the well-being of working college students in China and other countries, such as the United States, where more and more college students work while studying and have increasing pressure to choose a satisfying career.


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