The relationship between personality type preferences and levels of coping resources among cardiac rehabilitation participants at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Abstract
This study was designed to determine the relationships
between personality type preference as measured by the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and the self-reported
coping resources scores as measured by the Coping Resource
Inventory (CRI). Data were collected from 31 volunteers
of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at the University of
isc cons in-La Crosse. Each volunteer completed both the
MBTI and the CRI. T-test, stepwise regression, and
canonical correlation were used to analyze the research
hypotheses. Particular attention was focused on anger for
which the researcher Aeveloped a subscale from the CRI
questions. The T-test results indicated that the mean
score for anger did not differ significantly from the
three other types; intuitive-perceiving, intuitivejudging,
and sensing-perceiving combined. The stepwise
regression procedure was used to determine whether anger
could be predicted by the variables of the MBTI. There
was a significant inverse correlation between anger and
sensing-intuitive (SN) score and anger and extrovertintrovert
(EI) score. As the score for anger increases,
the SN continuum goes from S to N (p>.0085). Also, as the
score for anger increases the EI continuum moves from I to
E (p>.0082). The .05 alpha level was the accepted
probability level for rejection of the null hypothesis.
The canonical correlations between the MBTI variables and
the variables of the CRI were moderate, the largest being
.4952 between social and EI score, and -.4644 between
anger and SN score. The first canonical correlation was
.6671, which was substantially larger than any of the
between-set correlations. The probability level for the
null hypothesis that all the canonical correlations in the
population was .I305 so no firm conclusion was drawn. The
remaining canonical correlations seemed to indicate only a
potential for a positive correlation. Results of the data
analysis indicate there was a relationship between anger
and the sensing and introvert type preferences.
Subject
Heart - Diseases - Patients - Psychology
Anger
Adjustment (Psychology)
Personality and emotions
University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Cardiac Rehabilitation Program