Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-1980 Jungian Typology and Marriage Compatibility Peter C. K. Graham-Mist Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Counseling Commons, and the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation Graham-Mist, Peter C. K., "Jungian Typology and Marriage Compatibility" (1980). Dissertations. 2625. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/2625 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. JUNGIAN TYPOLOGY AND MARRIAGE COMPATIBILITY Peter C. K. Graham-Mist A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Department of Counseling and Personnel Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan August 1980 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Over the past four years several individuals and groups of people have been involved, one way or another, helping to bring this study to fru itio n . I now acknowledge them: First to William A. Carlson, Chairman, who gave his enduring e ffo rt, time, and patience, my warmest thanks; secondly, the committee its e lf , Greg Boothroyd, Kenneth Bullmer, E. Thomas Lawson, and Paul Mountjoy, I thank you each for your own special contributions. The people who nurtured the germination of ideas and gave me constant encour­ agement, namely: Robert McCauley, Ruth Lawson, John Rolph, David Broadhead, A1 DiLoreto, and Brian M itchell, I give my warmest gratitude. Special mention must be made of Janet Rose, who, without complaint, did retype after retype, and Connie Hicks, who completed the final type. I could not have done this study without the fu ll cooperation of the churches in the Grand Haven-Spring Lake area and the Reverend Wilbur Closterhouse. Lastly, my w ife, Nancy Ruth, who was the quiet guardian and provider of iny sanity and humor during long days and nights, I give my love. For without these and other people not mentioned, this study could not have been completed. Peter C. K. Graham-Mist Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................ ü LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................ i i i Chapter I INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW................................ 1 I I METHODS ......................................................... 34 Subjects.................................................................................. 34 Measuring Instruments............................................... 35 Procedure..................................................................... 39 Hypotheses.............................................................................. 42 I I I RESULTS..................................................................................... 44 IV DISCUSSION............................................................................... 54 REFERENCES................................................................................................ 63 APPENDICES................................................................................................ 67 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................... 117 i l l Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. 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LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Age and Length of Relationship of All Couples.................. 44 2 Means, Standard Deviations and Rati os for the Four Bipolar Personality Preferences on the MBTI 45 3 Means, Standard Deviations and ;t-Ratios for the Six Marriage Compatibility Factors on the MCI.............. 46 4 Analysis of Variance for Groups I , I I , and I I I for Males for the Four Bipolar Personality Preferences.................................................................................. 47 5 Analysis of Variance for Groups I , I I , and I I I for Females for the Four Bipolar Personality Preferences. 47 6 Means, Standard Deviations and ;t-Ratios for the Six Compatibility Factors by Sex on the Bipolar Personality Preference: Extrovert-Introvert................ 49 7 Means, Standard Deviations and t-Ratios for the Six Compatibility Factors by Sex on the Bipolar Personality Preference: Sensation-Intuition................ 50 8 Means, Standard Deviations and t-Ratios for the Compatibility Factors by Sex on the Bipolar Personality Preference: Thinking-Feeling...................... 51 9 Means, Standard Deviations and ;t-Ratios for the Compatibility Factors by Sex on the Bipolar Personality Preference: Judgment-Perception................ 52 iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW Interest in research and investigation of personality types and its relationship to marital compatibility has increased over the past two decades (Blood, 1969; DiLoreto, 1971; Eysenck, 1960; Guerin, 1976; Kleinmuntz, 1967; Lederer & Jackson, 1968; Lewis, 1973; McCarey, 1975; Minuchin, 1974; Murstein, 1968, 1974; Myers, 1962; Sindberg, Roberts, & McClain, 1972; Whipple & W hittle, 1976). Investigators have used several d ifferen t methods in th eir research with the main thrust directed towards understanding the various aspects of the relationship of the couple dyad. The e ffo rt to predict success of mate-selection, as measured by longevity, was the subject of several studies (Lewis, 1973; Murstein, 1974; Sindberg, et a l ., 1972) which demonstrated the wide variance of identifiable variables that were reflected in mate-selection, per­ sonality, and compatibility factors. Murstein (1974), in a study of compatibility, courtship progress, and the effect of sex drive on marital choice developed several hypotheses concerning person perception, sex drive, and marital choice. The results supported the hypothesis relating to male and female sex drive and supported those relating to couple discrepancy. E a rlie r, in a longitudinal study (Lewis, 1973), 316 pair relationships were examined for interrelations between social reaction and dyadic formation. The 1 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 2 study revealed