Personal Case Study: Interpersonal Relationship

Jessica is a personable and confident person. She is kind and demonstrates great interpersonal relationship skills. She is honest, focused, and presented herself in an appropriate manner in the given situation. Jessica described herself as an empathetic, authentic, and determined individual. Jessica feels her determination not only comes from her faith in Jesus, but also the emotional connection she makes with others. She feels that the hurt of others, motivates her to share the Gospel and offer any help that she is able to give. This information would suggest that she would be a great team member to have on the mission trip. Results of the IPIP-NEO (agreeableness, conscientiousness, and open to experience domains), the Jung Personality Test, the BDI (depression scale), and the BAI (anxiety scale) also support that Jessica would be an asset to the missions team. They show that she works well with others, is very emotionally aware, and has low anxiety and depression which offers stability for stressful situations. …show more content…
INFJ’s are known to connect well with others, have strong empathetic skills, pure motives, and strong convictions (Humanmetrics Inc, 2016). This matches Jessica’s IPIP-NEO because her three highest subdomains were: cooperation, cautiousness, and emotionality. Together these show that Jessica tends to be aware of her emotions and the emotions of others, think through her actions, and avoid conflict. Although avoiding conflict is not particularly a strength, it is possible that this characteristic shows that Jessica will value being a part of a team more than individual acknowledgement, and that she will do her best to avoid dangerous situations that may arise in