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Working Desks as a Classification Tool for Personality Style: A Pilot Study for Validation.

Anna Render¹, Markus Siebertz¹, Bianca Günther¹

¹Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

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Summary

This study explored if personality styles influence desk choices. Contrary to popular belief, findings suggest personality and environment creation are not statistically related, indicating desk choice may not reflect personality.

Keywords:

PSSI correspondence analysis personality styles screening working desks

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Area of Science:

Environmental Psychology
Personality Psychology
Human-Environment Interaction

Background:

Personal environments, such as room furnishings, often reflect individual personality traits.
The concept that individuals shape their surroundings to align with their personality is widely accepted.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between distinct personality styles and the subjective choice of stereotypical desk designs.
To determine if individuals' desk selections align with their measured personality styles.

Main Methods:

190 students completed the Personality Style and Disorder Inventory (PSSI) to assess personality.
Participants chose a stereotypical desk design that best represented their personality.
Correspondence analysis (CA) was employed to analyze the association between PSSI-derived personality styles and desk choices.

Main Results:

No significant convergence was found between specific personality styles and the chosen desk designs.
The study's results indicate that personality and the creation of one's surroundings are not statistically dependent.
Individual desk choice did not appear to be statistically linked to the highest subscale of the PSSI.

Conclusions:

The findings challenge the popular notion that personal surroundings, like desk choices, are direct indicators of personality.
The relationship between personality and environmental design in this context is currently uninterpretable.
This research serves as a pilot study, suggesting potential for desk designs as a future personality classification tool.