Relationship of Personality Types and Temperament Traits to the Occupational Profile of Adults with Asperger Syndrome and Related Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Debra Scurlock

Student thesis: Doctoral ThesisDoctor of Philosophy

Abstract

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Occupational Therapy Department, College of Allied Health and Nursing, Nova Southeastern University." Objective. The purpose of this study was to predict the length of employment (in months) from a common occupational profile as derived from the MBTI and WAIQ scores. This study employed the MBTI and the WAI instruments to gather information about subjects' personality types and temperament traits. These measures were used to predict length of employment for individuals with AS/HFA. Methods. A convenience sample of N=83 adults self -disclosed with AS/HFA completed the MBTI and WAI instruments. Backward Elimination Multiple Regression was used for data analysis. Results. A standard multiple regression analyses with average months on the job as the dependent variable and WAIQ, Gender (GND), age (AGE) and the subscales for the MBTI as the predictors was conducted. R for regression was significantly different from zero, F (7,75) = 8.20, p
Date of AwardJan 1 2008
Original languageEnglish

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