Abstract
This study provided preliminary data on the relationship between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator categories and assertiveness. The AV Form G and the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule were administered to 35 male and 107 female undergraduates. The scores on the four dimensions of the Myers-Briggs were correlated individually with subjects' corresponding Rathus scores. Extraversion-introversion and thinking-feeling were significantly correlated with assertiveness for women. Thinking-feeling was significantly correlated with Rathus scores for men. Multiple regression equations were generated to predict Rathus scores from any given set of extraversion-introversion and thinking-feeling scores for women and from thinking-feeling scores for men. Analysis of the Rathus scores for the Myers-Briggs profile combinations of extraversion and thinking, introversion and thinking, extraversion and feeling, and introversion and feeling indicated significant differences among these. For both sexes, subjects with extraverted thinking in their four-letter type profiles were the most assertive. Those with introverted feeling were the least assertive. The other two groups, extraverted feeling and introverted thinking, occupied intermediate positions.
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