Publication Date
12-2009
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Dr. Reagan Brown (Director), Dr. Rick Grieve,Dr. Tony Paquin
Degree Program
Department of Psychology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the study of personality types. This personality type research has focused on the uncovering of statistical types, rather than relying on rationally developed types. Using the method of cluster analysis, I investigated whether such statistical types could be uncovered and whether they correspond to the types described in previous analyses. The expected number of personality types was uncovered and, while these types resemblanced the personality types discussed in the literature, the patterns of scores for these types were not exactly as hypothesized.
Disciplines
Personality and Social Contexts | Psychology
Recommended Citation
Reece, Thomas John, "Personality as a Gestalt: A Cluster Analytic Approach to the Big Five" (2009). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 123.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/123