Type patterns among evangelical Protestants in Ontario

Drawn from five southern Ontario evangelical churches and two related church organisations, evangelical women (N = 93) were more J, F, FJ, IJ, SJ, and NJ compared to both Canadian and American women, and more I, SF, and IS than Canadian women. Evangelical men (N = 84) were more S, J, SJ, IS, and inc...

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Published inMental health, religion & culture Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 997 - 1007
Main Authors Bramer, Paul D.G., Ross, Christopher F.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.12.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Comparative religion
evangelicals
Evangelism
Gender
MBTI
Protestant churches
psychological types
Religion & psychology
Ontario Canada
Canada
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Summary:Drawn from five southern Ontario evangelical churches and two related church organisations, evangelical women (N = 93) were more J, F, FJ, IJ, SJ, and NJ compared to both Canadian and American women, and more I, SF, and IS than Canadian women. Evangelical men (N = 84) were more S, J, SJ, IS, and included more ISFJs and ISTJs compared to Canadian men, but did not diverge from Consulting Psychologist Press American male norms, nor from Canadian Catholic men except for including more ISFJs. Compared to a combined female and male sample of Ontario Anglicans, the total evangelical sample was more E, S, T, J, ES, IS, SJ, ST, and SF. The study replicates for Anglophone Canadians findings from studies in Francophone Canada, the USA, England and Wales that established the association of sensing and judging type preferences with activity in, or affiliation to, evangelical Protestant Christian groups. Type-associated limitations to growth of evangelical churches are discussed here.
ISSN:1367-4676
1469-9737
DOI:10.1080/13674676.2012.678577