MBTI
Type preferences across four dichotomies used to characterize cognitive orientation.
Source: Briggs & Briggs-Myers
Research
Methodology behind EQIQs
EQIQs synthesizes 21 established psychological frameworks into 10 compatibility dimensions. This page distinguishes proprietary scoring from the underlying public-domain models.
Proprietary vs. established
The frameworks below are established models from academic and applied psychology. EQIQs' contribution — protected under U.S. Patent #9,002,961 — is the synthesis methodology: how multiple frameworks are weighted, normalized, and combined into compatibility scores across 10 relational dimensions.
Frameworks referenced
Big Five (OCEAN)
Five-factor model of personality with strong replication across cultures and decades.
Source: Costa & McCrae; Goldberg
Enneagram
Nine motivational types describing core drives and avoidance patterns.
Source: Riso–Hudson lineage
DISC
Behavioral style assessment used widely in workplace contexts.
Source: Marston, adapted by Inscape/Wiley
Attachment Theory
Secure, anxious, and avoidant patterns shaping relational expectations.
Source: Bowlby; Ainsworth; Hazan & Shaver
Love Languages
Preference-based framework for how affection is expressed and received.
Source: Chapman
Values frameworks
Personal and work-values inventories used in coaching and HR.
Source: Schwartz; Rokeach
Communication styles
Models describing conflict, assertion, and listening preferences.
Source: Various; Thomas–Kilmann adjacent
The full set of 21 frameworks and 10 compatibility dimensions is documented at eqiqs.com.