16 Psychological Types and the Big Five

THE 16 psychological types of the MBTI are close to the model of the "Big Five". We indeed find numerous correlations between the traits of the two tests:

Line 16 typesCorrelation
Extroversion Extraversion/IintroversionHigh (0.74)
Neuroticism ----
Conscientiousness Iudgment/PercievingMoyenne (0.49)
Pleasantness Feeling/ThinkingAverage (0.44)
Opening Sensing/INtuitionHigh (0.72)

Despite this similarity, and as we can see above, the 16 types say nothing about neuroticism. This additional dimension allows the Big Five a finesse twice as great as the 16 types. We can deduce the following correspondence table:

16 typesOCEAN (SLOAN rating system)
INFPRCUAIRLUAI
INTPRCUEIRLUEI
INFJRCOAIRLOAI
INTJRCOEIRLOEI
ISTJRCOENRLOEN
ISFJRCOANRLOAN
ISTPRCUENRLUEN
ISFPRCUANRLUAN
ENFPSCUAISLUAI
ENTPSCUEISLUEI
ENFJSCOAISLOAI
ENTJSCOEISLOEI
ESTJSCOENSLOEN
ESFJSCOANSLOAN
ESTPSCUENSLUEN
ESFPSCUANSLUAN

This correspondence table between the MBTI and the Big Five is given for information purposes only. Indeed, given the average correlations for the "conscientiousness" and "agreeableness" axes, there may be differences between the results of the two tests.

Sources: 

http://similarminds.com/global5/g5-jung.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Big_Five

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