Comparative analysis of dominant, influential, steady & compliant behavioral styles and temperament types

Background. In the XX century, various methods and models for assessing human personality characteristics have developed significantly. Among them, the types of temperament, which were independently studied by I.P. Pavlov and G.Yu. Eysenck, the «Big Five» of personality traits, the final version of which was proposed by L. Goldberg, and dominant, influential, steady & compliant (DISC) behavioral style assessment method, the founder of which is considered to be the American psychologist W. Marston, can be highlighted. Despite the fact that these models have been developed quite a long time ago and to some extent rely on each other (or are based on the same premises), no direct comparison of temperament types and DISC behavioral styles has been made. Purpose – is to find out possible correlation between DISC’s behavioral styles and temperament types. Materials and methods. The study involved 28 second-year students of the specialty «Medicine» of the Odessa National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, who were assessed using the DISC method and the Eysenck test to determine temperament. The number of subjects who had a confirmed connection between the DISC behavior style and character type was 28.57%. Results. The conducted research clearly indicates that there is a certain relationship between DISC behavior styles and temperament types. At the same time, it is important to take into account such things as the accuracy of the received data, the lack of the possibility of current control, changes in the external environment, personal and group characteristics, etc. Conclusions. Further study of this issue is needed, probably taking into account not only «pure» types, but also their various combinations. At the same time, close attention must be paid to the selection of experiment participants and research methods.