<P> Briggs and Myers began creating the indicator during World War II in the belief that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time to identify the sort of war - time jobs that would be `` most comfortable and effective '' for them . The Briggs Myers Type Indicator Handbook was published in 1944 . The indicator changed its name to `` Myers -- Briggs Type Indicator '' in 1956 . Myers ' work attracted the attention of Henry Chauncey , head of the Educational Testing Service . Under these auspices , the first MBTI Manual was published in 1962 . The MBTI received further support from Donald W. MacKinnon , head of the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California , Berkeley ; W. Harold Grant , a professor at Michigan State University and Auburn University ; and Mary H. McCaulley of the University of Florida . The publication of the MBTI was transferred to Consulting Psychologists Press in 1975 , and the Center for Applications of Psychological Type was founded as a research laboratory . </P>
<P> Briggs and Myers began creating the indicator during World War II in the belief that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time to identify the sort of war - time jobs that would be `` most comfortable and effective '' for them . The Briggs Myers Type Indicator Handbook was published in 1944 . The indicator changed its name to `` Myers -- Briggs Type Indicator '' in 1956 . Myers ' work attracted the attention of Henry Chauncey , head of the Educational Testing Service . Under these auspices , the first MBTI Manual was published in 1962 . The MBTI received further support from Donald W. MacKinnon , head of the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California , Berkeley ; W. Harold Grant , a professor at Michigan State University and Auburn University ; and Mary H. McCaulley of the University of Florida . The publication of the MBTI was transferred to Consulting Psychologists Press in 1975 , and the Center for Applications of Psychological Type was founded as a research laboratory . </P>
when was the myers briggs type indicator developed
when was the myers briggs type indicator developed
during World War II
during World War II