Be Yourself Beyond MBTI

Explore the limitations of relying on MBTI and embrace individuality.

Be Yourself Beyond MBTI

In recent times, J people and P people have emerged as a new topic among young people after E people and I people. According to the MBTI personality test, J people have clear goals and plans, while P people tend to act casually.

MBTI is a personality type assessment tool. E, I, J, and P are all dimensions within it, representing extroverted, introverted, judging, and perceiving types respectively. Young people are in a stage of self-exploration and crave a sense of group belonging. The MBTI test can help young people understand themselves and others, and can be used for interpersonal communication. As a result, young people have developed a certain degree of dependence on MBTI, hoping to find a suitable group and integrate into it through the test.

Although the MBTI test has some reference value, as a tool, it lacks diversity and stability. Young people should not overly amplify its role in daily life. This includes using it to define themselves or others, and overly relying on people whose personality types match the test results for interpersonal communication. It should not be regarded as a decisive definition. Instead, we should pay more attention to the diversity of personality and notice the changes in self-personality under different environments and experiences, so as to better promote self-growth.

The media has a guiding role for the audience. In the face of the mainstream trend of society trusting MBTI test results, when the media uses MBTI for definition, it should not only spread the inspiration of the test tool but also emphasize its limitations, guiding the audience to pay attention to individual differences and diversity when referring to it. At the same time, the media itself should avoid leaving a stereotyped impression on users with MBTI, avoid labeling others and also labeling themselves, and avoid intensifying users' anxiety about group belonging.