The Relationship between sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and personality type among technical personnel

• Main Author: Du Toit, François Stephanus
• Other Authors: Coetzee, Sanet
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Personality; Preference; Extraversion; Introversion; Sensing; Intution; Thinking; Feeling; Judging; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence; Learned resourcefulness; Coping and stress; 155.2; Clinical health psychology; Stress; Coherence > Psychological aspects; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; Orientation to life questionnaire; Self-control schedule; Resourcefulness
• Online Access: Du Toit, François Stephanus (2002) The Relationship between sense of coherence, learned resourcefulness and personality type among technical personnel, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1114>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1114

This research study determined the relationship between personality, as measured by the Myers and Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and sense of coherence and learned resourcefulness. The study was conducted among one hundred technical workers within the context of organizational transformation and the ability to cope with resulting stress. Data was collected by means of the Myers and Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) and the Self-control Schedule (SCS). The research found that sense of coherence can be predicted at a 5% significance level, while learned resourcefulness cannot be predicted. Extraverts, sensers, thinkers and judgers seem to cope better with stress-provoking demands. The respective personality types probably make use of different coping mechanisms under the same circumstances. Personality type seems to predict sense of coherence, but factors other than personality type could have an Influence. === Industrial and Organisational Psychology === M.Comm. (industrial Psychology)