USE OF MBTI PERSONALITY TYPING AS AN AID TO COMMUNICATION WHEN DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL INJURY/ DISTRESS IN SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE
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https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i2.19Keywords:
Communication, Spiritual Injury/Distress, Jung’s Theory of personality type, MBTI, Specialist Palliative CareAbstract
This article seeks to explore the benefits of awareness of personality typing theory, as described by Jung and further by Briggs and Briggs Myers, in the context of communicating with patients in the setting of Specialist Palliative Care. In particular, dealing with the issue of spiritual injury/distress is considered. A brief summary of how the different dichotomies of Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for personality type can influence how a person interacts with their surrounding world is offered. Finally, there is an examination of how knowledge and understanding of this theory might aid communication.
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BAYNE, R., 2004 Psychological types at Work: An MBTI Perspective, Thomson Learning: Cornwall
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EDWARDS, J. A., LANNING, K. & HOOKER, K. 2002 The MBTI and Social Information Processing: An Incremental Validity Study Journal of Personality Assessment, Vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 432– 450
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HIRSH, S. K. & KISE, J. A. G. 1998 Soul Types: Finding the Spiritual Path That is Right for You, Hyperion: New York
JOHNSON, R. 1999 Your Personality and the spiritual life, Center for Applications of Psychological Type: USA
JUNG, C. G. 2003 Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Routledge: London
KREBS, K. 2003 The Spiritual Aspect of Caring: An Integral Part of Health and Healing Gastroenterology Nursing, Vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 212214
KUBLER-ROSS, E. 1970 On Death and Dying, Tavistock: London
KVALE, K. 2007 Do cancer patients always want to talk about difficult emotions? A qualitative study of cancer inpatients communication needs European Journal of Oncology Nursing, Vol. 11, pp. 320–327
MCCAULLEY, M. H. 2000 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: A Bridge Between Counseling and Consulting Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, Vol. 52, no. 2, pp.117-132
MCCLEMENT, S. E. & CHOCHINOV, H. M. 2008 Hope in advanced cancer patients European Journal of Cancer, Vol. 44, pp. 1169–1174
MCCRAE, R. R. & COSTA, P. T. 1989 Reinterpreting the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator from the Perspective of the Five-Factor Model of Personality Journal of Personality, Vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 17-40
MILLSPAUGH, D. 2005a Assessment and Response to Spiritual Pain: Part I Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 919-923
MILLSPAUGH, D. 2005b Assessment and Response to Spiritual Pain: Part II Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1110-1117
NELSON, B. A. & STAKE, J. E. 1994 The MyersBriggs Type Indicator Personality Dimensions And Perceptions Of Quality Of Therapy Relationships Psychotherapy, Vol.31, no. 3, pp. 449-455
NHS HDL 76 2002 Spiritual Care in NHS Scotland: Guidelines on Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the NHS in Scotland, Scottish Executive Health Department: Edinburgh
OPT, S. K. & LOFFREDO, D. A. 2003 Communicator Image and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Extraversion-Introversion The Journal of Psychology, Vol. 137, no.6, pp. 560-568
OWEN, R. & JEFFREY, D. 2008 Communication: Common challenging scenarios in cancer Care European Journal of Cancer, Vol. 44, pp. 1163– 1168
PITTENGER, D. J. 1993 The utility of the MyersBriggs Type Indicator Review of Educational Research, Vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 467-488
PITTENGER, D. J. 2005 Cautionary Comments Regarding the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, Vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 210–221
QUENK, N. L. 2002 Was That Really Me?, DaviesBlack: California
ROUSSEAU, P. 2000 Spirituality and the Dying Patient Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 2000-2002
SALTER, D. W., FORNEY, D. S. & EVANS, N. J. 2005 Two Approaches to Examining the Stability of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Scores Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, Vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 208-219
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT: Spiritual Care Development Committee 2009 Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy, Healthcare Policy and Strategy Directorate: Edinburgh
STEINHAUSER, K. E., CHRISTAKIS, N. A., CLIPP, E. C., MCNEILLY, M., MCINTYRE, L. & TULSKY, J. A. 2000 Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patients, Family, Physicians, and Other Care Providers Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 284, no. 19, pp. 24762482
STRANG, P., STRANG, S., HULTBORN, R. & ARNER, S. 2004 Existential Pain—An Entity, a Provocation, or a Challenge? Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 241-250
TARAKESHWAR, N., VANDERWERKER, L. C., PAULK, E., PEARCE, M. J., KASL, S. V. & PRIGERSON, H. G. 2006 Religious Coping is Associated with the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer Journal Of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 646-657
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Brandon, A. (2013). USE OF MBTI PERSONALITY TYPING AS AN AID TO COMMUNICATION WHEN DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL INJURY/ DISTRESS IN SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 13(2), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i2.19
