Early and late responders to questionnaires: clues from psychological type

Abstract

As part of a longitudinal study of Anglican clergy in England and Wales, a measure of Jungian psychological type, the Francis Psychological Type Scales, was used. When early responders to the survey were compared to late responders, the main difference between the two groups was located in the judging process. There was a significantly higher proportion of feeling types among the late responders (72% compared with 56%). Among late responders, 43% were dominant feeling types compared with 28% among the early responders.

Keywords:

• clergy
• psychological type
• psychology of religion
• response rate