Personality preferences and stress perception among nursing students in different nursing programmes: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Personality preferences for MBTI-M and NSC scores among participants (N = 780)^a

		Scores on the NSC
MBTI personality preferences	n	Mean^b	SD	Min	Max
ENFJ	69	56.12	18.34	12	100
ENFP	94	57.49	19.69	13	108
ENTJ	48	53.67	16.56	16	99
ENTP	44	52.39	18.18	23	86
ESFJ	42	57.48	18.15	25	98
ESFP	21	57.67	18.95	35	94
ESTJ	62	51.05	19.89	17	98
ESTP	14	54.93	24.00	26	98
INFJ	56	60.95	18.39	23	97
INFP	47	68.57	19.05	35	115
INTJ	39	56.08	17.42	20	88
INTP	42	61.31	18.49	20	102
ISFJ	70	61.79	16.97	21	101
ISFP	35	62.49	18.69	28	108
ISTJ	76	61.82	16.89	23	100
ISTP	21	60.86	19.21	22	98
Total	780	58.46	18.77	12	115

Abbreviations: MBTI-M Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (Form M), NSC Nurse Stress Checklist, SD Standard deviation, E Extroversion, F Feeling, I Introversion, J Judging, N Intuition, P perceiving, S Sensing, T Thinking
^aData missing for 12 participants with incomplete MBTI-M questionnaires
^bBold text indicates the highest score

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