A pilot study of personality type change.
Three Developmentally Disabled adolescents and three counselors were administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator before and after token economy treatment was conducted in a half-way house. The first hypothesis that the personality type scores of the adolescents would become more similar to the personality of the counselors when comparing the pre-test and post-test measures had a proclivity to be supported. The second hypothesis that the personality scores of the adolescents would become more similar to the most extroverted counselor or an overall basis also had a proclivity to be supported. Suggestions for further research are provided.
D000184:Acting Out; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012917:Social Adjustment