MIPS scales

MIPS Personality Styles (N = 179)

Men (n = 83)

Women (n = 96)

M (SD)

t(82)

p

d

M (SD)

t(95)

p

d

Motivating Styles

1A. Pleasure-Enhancing

25.95 (6.33)

3.27

0.002

0.33 (mod.)

22.65 (7.32)

−0.57

0.572

1B. Pain-Avoiding

12.47 (8.43)

−5.21

0.000

−0.49 (mod.)

18.54 (10.52)

−0.15

0.883

2A. Actively Modifying

26.52 (8.66)

−0.71

0.482

24.91 (8.41)

−1.19

0.236

2B. Passively Accommodating

20.75 (8.98)

−1.60

0.115

23.84 (8.88)

1.17

0.243

3A. Self-Indulging

17.54 (7.30)

−4.28

0.000

−0.46 (mod.)

14.51 (5.90)

−4.28***

0.000

−0.34 (mod.)

3B. Other Nurturing

29.20 (8.15)

1.45

0.152

34.15 (6.54)

3.93***

0.000

0.35 (mod.)

Thinking Styles

4A. Externally Focused

24.76 (8.58)

1.77

0.080

23.64 (8.19)

−1.36

0.178

4B. Internally Focused

10.42 (6.97)

−3.66

0.000

−0.39 (mod.)

11.61 (6.99)

0.26

0.796

5A. Realistic/Sensing

21.45 (5.67)

2.76

0.007

0.29 (low)

20.98 (5.09)

2.46*

0.016

0.22 (low)

5B. Imaginative/Intuiting

15.33 (6.65)

−5.12

0.000

−0.45 (mod.)

17.15 (6.90)

−2.19*

0.031

−0.19 (low)

6A. Thought-Guided

22.25 (8.13)

−0.88

0.380

14.67 (8.06)

−3.76***

0.000

−0.38 (mod.)

6B. Feeling-Guided

24.02 (7.97)

−2.05

0.043

−0.21 (low)

30.59 (7.99)

1.78

0.078

7A. Conservation-Seeking

36.42 (10.69)

0.85

0.400

34.98 (9.92)

−1.42

0.158

7B. Innovation-Seeking

20.80 (7.72)

−3.89

0.000

−0.37 (mod.)

20.65 (8.25)

−2.36*

0.021

−0.22 (low)

Behaving Styles

8A. Asocial/withdrawing

19.84 (8.70)

1.93

0.057

−0.20 (low)

19.82 (8.11 )

0.31

0.761

8B. Gregarious/outgoing

31.19 (12.19)

0.33

0.742

26.05 (9.68)

−3.37***

0.001

−0.32 (mod.)

9A. Anxious/hesitating

14.31 (8.83)

−4.39

0.000

−0.42 (mod.)

19.81 (10.44)

0.97

0.335

9B. Confident/asserting

34.81 (11.36)

1.42

0.160

26.34 (8.96)

−4.01***

0.000

−0.35 (mod.)

10A. Unconventional/dissenting

17.67 (8.28)

−5.33

0.000

−0.57 (high)

17.18 (6.97)

−3.34***

0.001

−0.27 (low)

10B. Dutiful/conforming

40.99 (9.08)

1.05

0.296

40.09 (8.58)

0.95

0.343

11A. Submissive/yielding

13.76 (6.51)

−3.92

0.000

−3.36 (mod.)

17.03 (8.00)

0.17

0.863

11B. Dominant/controlling

24.06 (8.19)

−0.70

0.486

19.06 (−2.39)

−3.68***

0.000

−0.32 (mod.)

12A. Dissatisfed/complaining

18.35 (8.75)

−6.00

0.000

−0.63 (high)

8.70 (9.59)

−3.92***

0.000

−0.39 (mod.)

12B. Cooperative/agreeing

36.11 (9.05)

2.78

0.007

0.33 (mod.)

41.45 (8.18)

4.00***

0.000

0.36 (mod.)

Iaj.t. Clinical Index

51.50 (12.30)

0.85

0.339

43.45 (13.45)

−4.56***

0.000

−0.59 (high)