First of all; I must admit that I'm not a huge fan of putting people in boxes like this, it is not an exact science. But I still think the data can be quite interesting and I intend to collect it and share it in a structured way with you guys.
So without future ado here are the details.
Link to test:
http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
I would like to investigate something with you guys, the primary questions I hope to gain a better understanding of are:
1. Is there a personality type that is more common among ex-JWs?
In other words; is there certain types of people who are easier to wake up, who are more likely to wake up on their own and who are harder to indoctrinate.
2. Does the JWs change people so fundamentally that they change their personality type?
Many of the things that decide your personality type are things you find within the JWs. One example is how judgmental you are, many JW are quite judgmental which will affect their results in a personality test.
I would like you to take the test a second time with the mindset of when you where a JW to see if you get the same result or if you had a different personality type in the ORG.
If you where a convert, I would like to know what personality type you where before you joined the ORG, what personality type you where when you where in and what personality type you are now.
3. Is there a personality type who is easier to convert?
Self explanatory.
There are probably more questions that we can get insight into with this data, these are just some of the questions I thought of that interest me.
I have guesses about the answers to theses questions but I think it would be interesting to get some actual data to see if there are any patterns.
Some of my thought:
Are many Ex-JWs logical thinkers?
Are many of the converts "feeling" individuals?
Will the Org make people more judging?
Do we overcompensate for the JWs mentality now that we are "free"?
etc...
Link to test:
http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
I must admit that it is quite scary for us born-ins because we don't really know who we would have been without the ORG...
I put together this form that if you like, you can use in your submission:
Born in: Yes/No
Personality type pre JW:
Personality type as JW:
Personality type Ex-JW:
If you feel comfortable you can share the actual statistics of your test, for example here are mine:
(this will help me compile more detailed results)
You can use this form:
19% Extraverted 0% Introverted
34% Intuitive 0% Observant
5% Thinking 0% Feeling
0% Judging 15% Prospecting
7% Assertive 0% Turbulent
Looking forward to your submissions and thank you for reading and participating! :)