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JPT Research Digest

The Effects of MBTI® Applied Peer-to-Peer Relationship Improvement Training.


Jung, H. and Han, S. (2020). The effects of MBTI applied peer-to-peer relationship improvement training programs on self-esteem, depression, and anger of Korean female students at nursing vocational high schools. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11(6), 1290-1296

This experimental study investigated the impact of learning and applying one's MBTI® type in relationship building groups of female students in Nursing Vocational High Schools in South Korea. Specifically, the research analyzed measures of self-esteem, depression, and anger before and after an 8-week group counseling MBTI program.

The study had 21 experimental groups and 18 control groups of approximately 17 people each. The relationship training programs were created and run by MBTI-certified instructors (the researchers). They administered the MBTI assessment in the first session and then educated participants on their type and the type of others. Weeks 2-3 covered "This is Me," weeks 4-6 "Opening the Windows between You and Me", and weeks 7-8 "Looking Outside the Window Together."

Goals of the program were to increase autonomy and self-awareness as well as awareness of others and to increase self-esteem while lowering depression and anger. The researchers achieved statistically significant movement in all three measures. This study clearly demonstrates the impact of the constructive use of differences inherent in the Myers-Briggs theory and system. Unlike other personality systems, the MBTI theory involves actively appreciating the differences that all personalities hold without judgment.


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