Research Statistics About Each MBTI Personality

INTP Statistics

• Candid, ingenious, shrewd, complicated, rebellious.
• Females among 3 lowest on “soundness”
• Highly represented among college students taking foreign languages.
• Rated by psychologist among 3 types most likely to have trouble in school.
• Most frequent among college students referred for alcohol and drug violations.
• Among females, more to persist in engineering school.
• Males were highest on “obliviousness index” (relatively unaware of spouse’s dissatisfaction with the relationship).
• One of three types overrepresented among female substance abusers.
• Overrepresented among females in a substance abuse program.
• Overrepresented among males with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• In national sample ranked 3rd highest in “no” and second highest in “not sure” in regard to belief in a higher spiritual power.
• Ranked fourth lowest in “positive affectivity”.
• In national sample, third highest in dissatisfaction with marriage/intimate relationship.
• Males among three highest on 2 out of 3 measures of creativity; females among 3 highest on 1 of 3 measures of creativity.
• Performed significantly lower on deductive reasoning along with other dominant thinking types.
• Along with ENTPs had lower grades than would be predicted from aptitude scores among middle school students.
• Academic subjects preferred: science and art.
• In national sample, overrepresented in “writing”, appreciating art”, “playing with computers and video games”, and “taking classes” as leisure activities.
• Most important features of an ideal job: creativity, originality and earning lots of money.
• Lowest of all types in liking work environments with “clear structures and responsibilities”.and “working as part of a team”.
• Along with INFJs, most dissatisfied with work they do, where they work, and likely to leave job.
• Tends toward occupations in scientific/technical fields.
• Ranks higher on CPI scales of psychological mindeness (Py), flexibility, intellectual efficiency and independence. Ranks lower on dominance, sociability, sense of well-being, good impression, self-control and responsibility.
• Rated higher than 8 other types in “tough-minded, self oriented assertiveness” as well as “rugged self-oriented individualism” and passive rejection of popularity, going it alone” and lower than all but two type on “obedience to the chain of command, complying with authority”.
• In a study of the influence of type dynamics on ways of dealing with conflict, tended to compromise.
• On teamwork variables, were found to value self-oriented individualism that may interfere with teamwork.