Psychological type and subjective LSD experience.

摘要

This study investigated differences in subjective LSD experience among 29 adult men, comprising 4 groups of different Jungian Personality Types: 9 Introverted Thinking Types, 7 Introverted Feeling Types, 6 Introverted Sensation Types, and 6 Introverted Intuitive Types. 58 retrospective narratives of Best and Worst LSD experiences were analyzed and rated to see if differences existed between Jungian subgroups. It was expected that each subgroup would report Best experiences that were consistent with the qualities of the dominant function of their Psychological Type.;Though significant differences were not found between the subgroups examined, trends were found in the expected directions: Thinking Types and Feeling Types exhibited trends toward cognitive activity; inner preoccupation, and passivity; Sensation Types exhibited trends toward activity and environmental orientation; and Intuitive Types exhibited trends toward mixed experiences. Furthermore, each of the subgroups consistently reported significantly more perceptual alteration in Best experiences as compared with Worst experiences, and Thinking and Feeling Types reported significantly more cognitive activity in Best experiences as compared with Worst experiences.