INFJs have an innate ability to understand other people's feelings and enjoy being in close, intimate relationships. They tend to flourish best in romantic relationships with people with who they share their core values. As a partner, it is important to provide the support and emotional intimacy that an INFJ craves. Sincerity, honesty, and authenticity are all traits that the INFJ appreciates in their partner.
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Center for Applications of Psychological Type. Estimated frequencies of the types in the United States population. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator score reliability across studies: A meta-analytic reliability generalization study. Educ Psychol Meas. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for VerywellMind.
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The case against type dynamics. Journal of Psychological Type. Myers, I. On the other hand, INFJ is a perfectionist who doubts that they are living up to their full potential. INFJs are rarely at complete peace with themselves - there's always something else they should be doing to improve themselves and the world around them.
They believe in constant growth, and don't often take time to revel in their accomplishments. They have strong value systems, and need to live their lives in accordance with what they feel is right. In deference to the Feeling aspect of their personalities, INFJs are in some ways gentle and easy going.
Conversely, they have very high expectations of themselves, and frequently of their families. They don't believe in compromising their ideals. INFJ is a natural nurturer; patient, devoted and protective. They make loving parents and usually have strong bonds with their offspring. They have high expectations of their children, and push them to be the best that they can be.
This can sometimes manifest itself in the INFJ being hard-nosed and stubborn. But generally, children of an INFJ get devoted and sincere parental guidance, combined with deep caring.
In the workplace, the INFJ usually shows up in areas where they can be creative and somewhat independent. They have a natural affinity for art, and many excel in the sciences, where they make use of their intuition. INFJs can also be found in service-oriented professions. They are not good at dealing with minutia or very detailed tasks. The assessment uses four pairs of opposites to define personality type: Introvert I v. Extrovert E ; Intuitive N v. Sensory S ; Thinking T v.
Feeling F and Judging J v. Perceiving P. Dissecting the INFJ, or any of the other 15 types, is fairly rigorous because everyone is an individual. Ives, an MBTI master practitioner who does consulting work with groups as diverse as international labor unions, IT professionals, scientists and students.
Actually, several types are rather scarce, according to the estimates of the relative frequency of each of the 16 types in the U. ENTJs, those extroverted, intuitive, thinking and judgement-oriented folks, represent only 1.
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