A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIONIC PERSONALITY TYPES AND TEMPERAMENT TYPES

Abstract

Purpose. The article is concerned with socionics, which is a typological approach-based framework that serves for modelling of the human capacity to perceive, process and produce information. The article studies the current state of socionics and the areas for further development. One of the primary focus areas of socionics is the experimental studies aiming to prove the construct validity of socionics. For this purpose, the correlation between socionic dichotomies and different psychologic models, such as a model of temperament, is studied. There are three hypotheses on a correlation between socionic personality types and temperament types. Methodology. To conduct the research we used methods of socionic type identification, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire adapted by Shmelev A.G., the “Type of Behavioral Activity” questionnaire by Wasserman L.I., and Gumenyuk N.V., and calculated the point-biserial correlation coefficient. Results. The correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation between the Extraversion scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the poles of Extraversion, Ethics and Declaring. A positive correlation is revealed between the Neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Dynamic socionic pole, as well as between the Type of Behavioral Activity scale and the Extraversion pole. The findings confirm the hypothesis suggested by Gulenko W.W., according to which the socionic types correlate with the temperament types. They also confirm the hypotheses by Filatova E.S., and Stepanov R.A. / Lytov D.A., according to which Extraversion sensu Eysenck correlate to Extraversion, the socionic pole, and disprove their hypotheses on the correlation between the Neuroticism scale and socionic dichotomies. Practical implications. The findings contribute to proving the construct validity of the socionics model. This ensures that practitioners who use socionic methods draw on the experimentally verified hypotheses.

Keywords

• temperament
• socionics
• extraversion
• introversion
• statics
• dynamics
• neuroticism