TITLE:
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and the MBTI
AUTHORS:
Adrian Furnham
KEYWORDS:
MBTI, Emotional Intelligence, Thinking-Feeling
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.15 No.3,
March
20,
2024
ABSTRACT: This paper reports on two studies, to attempt to
replicate findings that correlated the Myers-Briggs
Type Inventory (MBTI) and Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-2). In
the first study (n = 514), the
clearest correlations indicated that overall Introverted, Sensing and Judging
types had lower Emotional Intelligence. The
second study (n = 146) indicated that
those scoring high on the Thinking-Feeling
dimension had higher Emotional Intelligence scores at both the domain
and facet levels. Whilst these results confirmed the hypotheses and the findings from previous studies,
they also indicated little correlation
between the two measures. Implications and limitations are discussed.