Test Four Elements and its relations to some other tests of personality
Abstract
The study deals with the relationships between the personality test Four Elements (FE), based on the four elements as a metaphor of personality, and some other personality tests, to whose concepts and dimensions are or could be the elements theoretically related to (MBTI, EPQ-R, NEO-FFI). The battery of tests was used with 56 respondents. Significant relationships were identified between the element of fire to the dimension of extraversion, air to extraversion and sentient type, water to introversion, feeling and neuroticism, earth to judging type, sensing and conscientiousness. Differences between the sexes showed in some relationships stronger polarization towards a higher correlation of four elements with some dimensions of personality. The results partially support some of the theoretical conclusions on the meanings of the elements and their relations to some dimensions of personality and thus they contribute to the construct validity of the FE test.
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Keywords
four elements, metaphor of personality, conceptual metaphor, experientialism, personality dimensions, test Four ElementsLiterature
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