Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality

by Quenk, Naomi L.

• ISBN13: 9780891061700
• ISBN10: 0891061703
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-13
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Summary

Outlining the stress patterns of 16 personality types using the framework of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, this book includes startling information on work-related stress and long-term stress.

Author Biography

Naomi L. Quenk, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has been writing about and conducting workshops on various aspects of the MBTI nationally and internationally for many years and is actively involved in research, theory, and applications of the instrument. She is a past president of the Association for Psychological Type (APT), former Director of Training for the APT MBTI Training Program, and a member of the Board of Directors of the MBTI Trust, Inc. Dr. Quenk is the author or coauthor of many MBTI computer reports, guides, and other MBTI support materials.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
About the Author	xvii
Jungian Psychology and Hidden Personality	1	(16)
PART 1 The Hidden Personality in Context	17	(44)
The Dynamics of Jungian Typology	19	(8)
The Effects of Type Dynamics	27	(18)
The Dynamics of the Hidden Personality	45	(16)
PART 2 The Hidden Personality in Action	61	(238)
Approaching the Hidden Personality of the Sixteen Types	63	(10)
Extraverted Thinking Types: ESTJ and ENTJ	73	(24)
Introverted Feeling Types: ISFP and INFP	97	(24)
Introverted Thinking Types: ISTP and INTP	121	(24)
Extraverted Feeling Types: ESFJ and ENFJ	145	(24)
Extraverted Sensing Types: ESTP and ESFP	169	(20)
Introverted Intuitive Types: INTJ and INFJ	189	(24)
Introverted Sensing Types: ISTJ and ISFJ	213	(24)
Extraverted Intuitive Types: ENTP and ENFP	237	(26)
When Hidden Personalities Meet	263	(28)
In and Out of the Grip	291	(8)
Appendix A: Descriptions of the Sixteen Personality Types	299	(20)
Appendix B: Selected Quotations from Jung on His Typology	319	(12)
Notes	331	(2)
Glossary	333	(4)
Reference	337	(2)
Index	339