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The test tendencies from the MBTI instrument show a correlation between S-J and N-P.
Here are the approximate US stats:
46% SJ
27% SP
19% NP
8% NJ
In other words, it's the equivalent of one NJ to six SJs, and two NPs to three SPs. To expand further on this, I took each S type and divided it by its N counterpart. Curiously enough, there also appears to be a slight correlation between I-S and E-N - which refutes Jung's connection between E/I and concrete or abstract.
ISFJ per INFJ: 9.2
ISTJ per INTJ: 5.5
ESFJ per ENFJ: 4.9
ESTJ per ENTJ: 4.8
ISFP per INFP: 2
ISTP per INTP: 1.6
ESTP per ENTP: 1.3
ESFP per ENFP: 1
There are two possible explanations for this.
One is that the indicator contains "dirty" test items which appeal more to those with a different preference, so that someone with an S preference might be more inclined to prefer J responses, and vice versa, with the inverse also applying to N and P.
The second is that there is indeed a temperamental connection between whichever facets have been labelled S/N and J/P, to the point where they could potentially be at least partly sub-facets of the same dimension of personality. If so, this is another reason to doubt whether the four dichotomies are meaningful labels of personality.
Is there also an equivalent correlation between Openness and Conscientiousness in the FFM?
Here are the approximate US stats:
46% SJ
27% SP
19% NP
8% NJ
In other words, it's the equivalent of one NJ to six SJs, and two NPs to three SPs. To expand further on this, I took each S type and divided it by its N counterpart. Curiously enough, there also appears to be a slight correlation between I-S and E-N - which refutes Jung's connection between E/I and concrete or abstract.
ISFJ per INFJ: 9.2
ISTJ per INTJ: 5.5
ESFJ per ENFJ: 4.9
ESTJ per ENTJ: 4.8
ISFP per INFP: 2
ISTP per INTP: 1.6
ESTP per ENTP: 1.3
ESFP per ENFP: 1
There are two possible explanations for this.
One is that the indicator contains "dirty" test items which appeal more to those with a different preference, so that someone with an S preference might be more inclined to prefer J responses, and vice versa, with the inverse also applying to N and P.
The second is that there is indeed a temperamental connection between whichever facets have been labelled S/N and J/P, to the point where they could potentially be at least partly sub-facets of the same dimension of personality. If so, this is another reason to doubt whether the four dichotomies are meaningful labels of personality.
Is there also an equivalent correlation between Openness and Conscientiousness in the FFM?