Relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Profiling, Academic Performance and Student Satisfaction in Nursing Students

Sep 17, 2026

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This study investigates the relationship between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality profiling, academic performance, and student satisfaction among nursing students. Data were collected from 109 college students in Daejeon, Korea, using three instruments: MBTI, an academic performance assessment, and a student satisfaction scale. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, and Pearson correlations were applied with SPSS Win 15.0. Results show judging types scored higher in academic performance than perceiving types, while extrovert types reported higher satisfaction than introvert types, indicating MBTI-linked differences.

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Introduction

MBTI and psychological type

MBTI dimensions (introversion/extraversion, judging/perceiving, sensing/intuitive)

Relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Profiling, Academic Performance and Student Satisfaction in Nursing Students Mi-Ran Kim1 and Su-Jeong Han2* 1,2Konyang University, College of Medicine, Department of nursing, Daejeon, Korea [1](1mrkim@konyang.ac.kr)[mrkim@konyang.ac.kr](1mrkim@konyang.ac.kr), [2](2sjhan@konyang.ac.kr)[sjhan@konyang.ac.kr](2sjhan@konyang.ac.kr) Abstract The purpose of this study was an investigation of the relationship between the MyersBriggs Type Indicator personality profiling (MBTI), academic performance and student satisfaction in nursing students. The participants were 109 college students in Daejeon, Korea. All the students were administered three instruments, the MBTI, academic performance and student satisfaction scale. Descriptive statistics t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlations technique were used to analyze the data with the SPSS Win 15.0 program. Judging types scored higher in academic performance than perceiving types. Extrovert types scored higher in student satisfaction than introvert types. This finding indicates that students’ academic achievement levels and student satisfaction were different according to their MBTI personality types in nursing students. Keywords: MBTI, students, academic performance, satisfaction 1. Introduction Recent research suggests that individual characteristics, such as students‟ personality traits, can be considered precursors of academic performance. There is ample literature to support the fact that personality tendencies play an important part in the ultimate success in a major [1-3] . Depending on their personality traits, people create their own environment, and influence their job satisfaction through cognitive, affective and behavioral processes. Personality influences the experience of emotionally significance events, which in turn influences job satisfaction [4] . All individuals differ in the way that they relate to, or interpret their worlds. The way in which they innately do so, is said to reflect their individual personality [5] . These differences can be identified with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) . It uses Carl Jung‟s theory of psychological type to assess and define personality. Jung developed psychological types based on four functions, namely, Feeling (F), Thinking (T), Intuition (N), and Sensing (S), plus four attitudes, namely, Extraversion (E), Introversion (I), Judging (J), and Perceiving (P) [6] . The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the most widely used professional personality test, is a measure of personality traits. The MBTI identifies an individual‟spreference in four planes. These are Introversion versus Extroversion, Intuitive Perception versus Sensing Perception, Thinking versus Feeling and finally Perceiving versus Judging [5](Figure 1) . * Corresponding Author: Han, Su-Jeong Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Konyang University 158 Kwanjeodong-ro, Seogu, Daejeon-si, Rep. of Korea 302-832 Tel: +82-42-600-6344 FAX: +82-42-600-6314 E-mail: [sjhan@konyang.ac.kr](sjhan@konyang.ac.kr) [ISSN: 2233-7849 IJBSBT](ISSN: 2233-7849 IJBSBT)[ ](ISSN: 2233-7849 IJBSBT)Copyright ⓒ 2014 SERSC Introversion/Extroversion plane concerns a person‟s mechanism of interacting with the external environment and people. People who are Extravert are oriented primarily toward the outer world; thus, they tend to focus their energy on people and objects. They enjoy meeting new people, thinking aloud, and being active. Introverts are oriented toward the inner world and tend to focus their energy on concepts, ideas, and internal experiences. Introversion types seek the introspection of ideas, thoughts, and concepts. They prefer to process their thoughts internally before speaking, have few close friends, and often seek conversations that tend to be deeper in nature [5, 7-9] . Judging and Perceiving relates to how we „„live our outward life‟‟. Because of these differences, extraver

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What was the purpose of the study?

To investigate how MBTI personality profiling relates to academic performance and student satisfaction in nursing students.

How many participants were included, and where were they from?

The study involved 109 college students in Daejeon, Korea.

What relationships were found between MBTI types and outcomes?

Judging types scored higher in academic performance than perceiving types, and extrovert types reported higher student satisfaction than introvert types.

Sep 17, 2026

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