The Relationship Between Karen Horney's Interpersonal Trends and the Nine Enneagram Types
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Unisa Institutional Repository MOVING TOWARDS, AGAINST AND AWAY FROM PEOPLE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KAREN HORNEY'S INTERPERSONAL TRENDS AND THE ENNEAGRAM by Raymond William Nettmann submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the subject PSYCHOLOGY at the University of South Africa SUPERVISOR: Prof. Vasi van Deventer June 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration ..................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... vi Abstract ........................................................................................................................ vii List of Tables .............................................................................................................. viii List of Figures ............................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 Statement of the problem ..................................................................................... 2 Research approach ............................................................................................... 4 Significance of the study ...................................................................................... 4 Scope of the study ................................................................................................ 5 Overview of the chapters ..................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER TWO: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................... 7 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 7 The Enneagram symbol ........................................................................................ 7 The three laws..............................................................................................8 The passions ....................................................................................................... 10 The nine Enneagram types ........................................................................12 Karen Horney ..................................................................................................... 18 Moving against people ..............................................................................19 Moving toward people ...............................................................................19 Moving away from people .........................................................................19 i Neurotic needs ...........................................................................................20 Karen Horney meets the Enneagram .................................................................. 21 Don Riso and Russ Hudson .......................................................................21 Jerome Wagner ..........................................................................................24 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 31 CHAPTER THREE: LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................... 32 Through the lens of Karen Horney's interpersonal trends .................................. 32 Measures to validate Enneagram type ................................................................ 32 Studies of construct validity ............................................................................... 37 The Enneagram explores human phenomena .................................................... 47 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 55 CHAPTER FOUR: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY................................................. 56 Hypotheses ......................................................................................................... 56 Research Design ................................................................................................. 57 Population .......................................................................................................... 57 Sampling ............................................................................................................ 58 Sampling method .......................................................................................58 Sampling procedure ...................................................................................58 Sample bias ................................................................................................59 Research instrument ........................................................................................... 60 The Test of Object Relations (TOR) .........................................................60 Horney-Coolidge Tridimensional Indicator (HCTI) .................................63 Method of data analysis ..................................................................................... 64 Screening and cleaning the data. ...............................................................65 Preliminary assumption testing .................................................................65 ii Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 68 CHAPTER FIVE: RESULTS ...................................................................................... 69 Sample characteristics ...............................................................................69 Frequencies ........................................................................................................ 70 TOR Frequencies .......................................................................................72 HCTI Frequencies .....................................................................................72 Independence of categories .......................................................................73 Gender and Enneagram type .....................................................................74 Convergent validity of the TOR and HCTI ........................................................ 76 HCTI Compliance .....................................................................................77 HCTI Aggressive .......................................................................................78 HCTI Detached ..........................................................................................78 The Hornevian groups and the HCTI ................................................................. 79 The Hornevian groups and the TOR .................................................................. 82 TOR Narcissism ........................................................................................83 TOR Separation Anxiety ...........................................................................83 TOR Social Isolation .................................................................................84 TOR Symbiotic Merging ...........................................................................84 TOR Egocentricity.....................................................................................85 TOR Fear of Engulfment ...........................................................................85 The nine Enneagram types and the HCTI .......................................................... 85 HCTI Detachment .....................................................................................87 HCTI Aggression.......................................................................................87 HCTI Compliance .....................................................................................88 The nine Enneagram types and the TOR ........................................................... 89 iii TOR Separation Anxiety ...........................................................................91 TOR Narcissism ........................................................................................91 TOR Social Isolation .................................................................................92 TOR Symbiotic Merging ...........................................................................92 TOR Fear of Engulfment ...........................................................................93 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 93 CHAPTER SIX: DISCUSSION .................................................................................. 95 The Moving Toward group (Type 1, 2 and 6: Reformer, Helper, and Loyalist) 95 The Against Group (Type 8, 7 and 3: Challenger, Enthusiast and Achiever) ... 99 The Away Group (Type 4, 5 and 9: Individualist, Investigator and Peacemaker)102 Convergent validity between the TOR and the HCTI ...................................... 105 Limitations ....................................................................................................... 107 Recommendation for future research ............................................................... 110 Conclusion