1. MBTI ® and is
MBTI® [i] is an abbreviation for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, which is based on the type theory (psychological typology) [ii] advocated by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. It is a psychological test and method that has been researched and developed for many years by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, and has been re-researched and developed since its publication.
Although it is a psychological test, it is not a so-called assessment tool that diagnoses, measures, and evaluates personality, but emphasizes the process by which the examinee understands himself / herself while receiving feedback from MBTI® certified persons. The purpose is to raise awareness of the mind.
The major difference between MBTI® and other psychological tests is that they do not compare themselves to others, treating them as "qualitatively" different in personality. We must not consider the difference in personality as the difference in ability. Feedback is essential because MBTI® aims to positively accept differences in personality as "qualitative" differences and to respect each other.
There is one more important thing to do when taking an MBTI® exam and providing MBTI® feedback. That is, MBTI® must not be used solely for personality testing, but must be carried out with some “clear purpose”.
This is because, when used simply as a personality test, as mentioned above, the personality is not positively regarded as a "qualitative" difference or a type difference, and the self and others are compared to compare the personality such as the difference in ability and the strength of the mind. This is because there is a possibility that it will be quantified as a characteristic.
This is the most avoidable misuse in implementing MBTI®.
Therefore, in order to avoid such misuse, in implementing MBTI® and MBTI® feedback, take the training course [iv] of Japan Academia for Psychological Type (hereinafter Japan-APT) [iii] certified by the Japan MBTI Association. However, only MBTI® certified user qualifications who have passed the completion exam can do it.
In addition, you must comply with strict ethical codes after you qualify as an MBTI® certified user, and you will be disqualified if you do not earn Continuing Education points by the renewal every five years. Recently, there is a personality test called MBTI or similar that can be easily taken on the net or SNS, but as mentioned above, MBTI® emphasizes the process of deepening the examinee's own understanding, not the test result. Therefore, it would not be "MBTI®" without the support of MBTI® certified persons.
Therefore, MBTI® certified persons are obliged to carry an "MBTI® User Registration Card" with them when giving feedback to examinees and present it before implementation. In this way, you can see that the interests of the examinees are of the utmost importance, and that the MBTI® certified individuals themselves remain of high quality by the qualified organizations that provide MBTI®.
[i] “What is MBTI”. Japan MBTI Association. Http://www.mbti.or.jp/what/ (Reference 2019-03-24)
[ii] Carl, G Jung .; PSYCHOLOGISHE TYPEN. Type theory. Translated by Michiyoshi Hayashi. Misuzu Shobo, 1987, 644p.
[iii] “About Japan-APT”. Japan Academia for Psychological Type. Http://www.japan-apt.org/ (Reference 2019-03-24)
[iv] “Training Course”. Japan MBTI Association. Http://www.mbti.or.jp/training/ (Reference 2019-03-24)