Using a Korean version of the MBTI, Jung`s 1968 Self-Concept Inventory and a Creativity Test, this study examines the relationships among psychological types, self-concepts and creativity in pre-service teachers. Subjects of this study were 175 female...
Using a Korean version of the MBTI, Jung`s 1968 Self-Concept Inventory and a Creativity Test, this study examines the relationships among psychological types, self-concepts and creativity in pre-service teachers. Subjects of this study were 175 female undergraduate students who majored in early childhood education from two different universities in Chonbuk. The average age of the subjects was 22.2, in a range of from 20 to 29. Frequencies, percentiles, t-test, one-way ANOVA, the Duncan test, Pearson`s Correlations, and stepwise regression analysis were used in the analysis of data. The results of the study are as follows: first, the subjects showed a much higher incidence of psychological type characteristics E, S, F, and P than did female undergraduate students in general. Second, subjects who were categorized as psychological type E revealed a more significantly positive self-concept than did type I. Third, subjects who were categorized as E, N, P displayed higher creativity scores than did I, S, J types. With regard to types of temperament, the NT type had the highest creativity. Fourth, all of the pre-service teachers registered positive self-concepts and they also showed high levels of creativity. Fifth, the variables which significantly correlated with creativity were N, E, P and Personal Self.