Analysis and Purpose of the Questionnaire

The Greek version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI – Form G) was developed by Briggs and Myers-Briggs in 1977. The purpose of creating the MBTI is to describe the personality of average, normal individuals and to aid in the better understanding and acceptance of their personality traits.

Question Calibration

The MBTI includes 95 statements that allow for the categorization of individuals into one of 16 personality types. Personality is examined based on Carl Jung’s (1971) theory of personality types and the four bipolar dimensions: extraversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging, and perceiving. It includes two types of statements: items with dichotomous answer choices and word pairs from which the individual is asked to select the word they prefer more.

Statistical Analysis

To complete the questionnaire, participants must be over 15 years of age, and it can be administered either individually or in groups. As part of the standardization process, a Greek scoring key for the questionnaire was developed, and normative scores were established for men and women. These were compared with the corresponding French-Canadian and American norms.

Validity and Reliability

The questionnaire has sufficient content validity and demonstrates good discriminant validity, comparable to the American and French-Canadian MBTI. It also shows satisfactory construct validity. The Greek version was translated by Stalikas and Fytopoulos.

References

Authors: K. Briggs and I. Myers-Briggs
Greek Adaptation: A. Stalikas and L. Fytopoulos