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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
Volume 20, 2000 - Issue 3
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Are Thinking Styles and Personality Types Related?

Li-fang Zhang Depaartment of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Pages 271-283 | Published online: 02 Jul 2010
 
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Abstract

The relationship between thinking styles and personality types is investigated within the contexts of Sternberg's theory of mental self-government and Holland's theory of personality types. A total of 600 university students from Hong Kong responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory (TSI) and the Short-version Self-directed Search (SVSDS) that was specially designed for the present study. A major finding of this study is that thinking styles and personality types overlap to a degree. A secondary finding is that the SVSDS is sufficiently reliable and valid for assessing Holland's personality types. Implications of both findings are discussed.

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