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Convergence of Psychological Space (MBTI, Big Five Aspects, HEXACO, Enneagram, HiTOP)

Cross-framework alignment of Socionics.

Socionics holds more of the 5 popular systems than they hold of it.

The 35 scales peak on 8 of the 15 dichotomies, and 32 of those peaks are strong. The exceptions are Intellect and Openness in BFAS and Somatoform in HiTOP.

Four dichotomies that share their letters with socionics.

Extraversion / IntroversionIntuition / SensingFeeling / ThinkingPerceiving / Judging

What each dichotomy marks

The four MBTI letters map one to one onto four of the 15, spill onto two, and miss 9.

Thinking additionally carries the antagonistic qualities and Feeling the prosocial ones, which socionics gives a pole of its own.

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What each dichotomy marks - each column of MBTI against the 15 socionics dichotomies
Extraversion / IntroversionIntuition / SensingFeeling / ThinkingPerceiving / Judging
Extraversion·Introversion+0.70+0.08+0.07+0.11
Intuiting·Sensing−0.09+0.72−0.08+0.29
Thinking·Feeling−0.28+0.08+0.66−0.10
Perceiving·Judging+0.01+0.14+0.13+0.80
Benevolism·Antagonism+0.12+0.03−0.54+0.16
Passionarism·Transactionalism+0.17+0.20+0.07−0.04
Invariant Stability·Contextual Pliancy−0.03+0.35−0.02−0.12
Reactance·Acceptance−0.21+0.12+0.12+0.08
Hor. Individualism·Ver. Collectivism+0.06+0.19−0.04+0.22
Positive Focus·Negative Focus+0.02+0.00−0.13+0.12
Elaborating·Satisficing−0.02−0.01+0.21−0.22
Affective Gravity·Affective Buoyancy−0.22+0.02+0.01−0.03
Aff. Openness·Aff. Sealedness+0.02+0.03−0.26+0.04
Vivid Representation·Gist Representation−0.04+0.00+0.01−0.05
Field Coupling·Field Decoupling+0.10−0.05−0.08+0.08

Pearson cross-correlations.

Type against type

The pairing the letters assert mostly holds, though not always closely.

The 16 socionics types against the 16 MBTI types
ENTPISFPESFJINTJENFJISTJESTPINFPESFPINTPENTJISFJESTJINFJENFPISTP
ILESeeker+0.62−0.22−0.43+0.04+0.07−0.44+0.09+0.32−0.04+0.43+0.22−0.62−0.32−0.09+0.44−0.07
SEIIdyllist−0.27+0.54+0.28−0.50−0.03−0.17+0.07+0.15+0.50−0.28−0.54+0.27−0.15−0.07+0.17+0.03
ESEConvivant−0.20+0.03+0.68−0.53+0.42−0.22+0.12−0.28+0.53−0.68−0.03+0.20+0.28−0.12+0.22−0.42
LIIAnalyst−0.05−0.13−0.34+0.51+0.04+0.11−0.49+0.28−0.51+0.34+0.13+0.05−0.28+0.49−0.11−0.04
EIEDramatist+0.16−0.35+0.14+0.01+0.34−0.15−0.03−0.13−0.01−0.14+0.35−0.16+0.13+0.03+0.15−0.34
LSIInspector−0.38−0.22+0.07+0.49−0.22+0.72−0.10−0.47−0.49−0.07+0.22+0.38+0.47+0.10−0.72+0.22
SLEMarshal+0.31−0.30−0.10+0.07−0.22+0.16+0.43−0.36−0.07+0.10+0.30−0.31+0.36−0.43−0.16+0.22
IEIMystic+0.09+0.30−0.31−0.02−0.11−0.22−0.15+0.49+0.02+0.31−0.30−0.09−0.49+0.15+0.22+0.11
SEEPolitician+0.26−0.04+0.13−0.35−0.03−0.18+0.45−0.20+0.35−0.13+0.04−0.26+0.20−0.45+0.18+0.03
ILISkeptic+0.17+0.01−0.63+0.48−0.49+0.27−0.03+0.20−0.48+0.63−0.01−0.17−0.20+0.03−0.27+0.49
LIEEntrepreneur+0.32−0.43−0.09+0.16+0.11−0.03+0.12−0.18−0.16+0.09+0.43−0.32+0.18−0.12+0.03−0.11
ESIGuardian−0.63+0.26+0.30+0.07−0.02+0.37−0.31−0.10−0.07−0.30−0.26+0.63+0.10+0.31−0.37+0.02
LSEAdministrator−0.18−0.23+0.36−0.01+0.03+0.32+0.19−0.55+0.01−0.36+0.23+0.18+0.55−0.19−0.32−0.03
EIIHumanist−0.42+0.27+0.18−0.02+0.34−0.14−0.59+0.37+0.02−0.18−0.27+0.42−0.37+0.59+0.14−0.34
IEERaconteur+0.41+0.08+0.06−0.52+0.37−0.76+0.12+0.35+0.52−0.06−0.08−0.41−0.35−0.12+0.76−0.37
SLIArtisan−0.23+0.47−0.21+0.04−0.59+0.35+0.12+0.08−0.04+0.21−0.47+0.23−0.08−0.12−0.35+0.59

Pearson cross-correlations. The shaded diagonal is the pairing the letters assert.