Dating and Matchmaking for the ISFJ personality type

ISFJ personality types occur in 13.8% of the population. While there are 16 MBTI/Jung personality types and only a few of them have high compatibility when it comes to online dating and romance. Here are four highly compatible personality types for the ISFj, as well as one personality type they will find challenging. Use this guide to help find your perfect soulmate for a healthy relationship based on personality compatibility.

How to define the ISFJ Personality Type? It stands for Introversion, Sensing, Feeling, Judgment

I – Introversion rather than Extraversion :

ISFJs tend to be quiet and reserved. They generally prefer interacting with a few close friends rather than a wide circle of acquaintances, and they expend energy in social situations(whereas extroverts gain energy).

S – Sensing rather than Intuition :

ISFJs tend to be more concrete than abstract. They focus their attention on the details rather than the big picture and on immediate realities rather than future possibilities.

F – Feeling rather than Thinking :

ISFJ tend to value personal preference or sentiment above objective criteria. When making decisions they generally give more weight to social considerations rather than logic.

J – Judgment rather than Perception :

ISFJ tend to approach life in a structured way, rather than keeping options open and flexibly changing without accommodating to their structured world with discretion.

Relationship compatibility, great matches for the ISFJ personality type

ISFJs are industrious, loyal, and very insistent about the following procedure. They are very benefical to society because they bring stability and preserve tradition. They are also very caring and work hard to achieve harmony in their social circle and at work. ISFJs prefer their enviornment to be aesthetically pleasing. They are thorough, efficient, and well organized. Because they honour tradition, they are the ones to remember people's birthdays and organize celebrations. They work well in occupations that involve caring for others.

So what personality types are good matches for the ISFJ personality type?

Well, there are 16 personality types in the Jung-Briggs system, and under that framework, these personality types should be on your short-list.

Here are four great matches for someone with the ISFJ personality type

The ISFJ and ISFJ couple:

These partners should develop a very good mutual understanding. Both desire to please the other.

The ISFJ and ESFJ couple:

Both practical types, who will experience much in common. The ESFJ will seek a lot of social interactions, whereas the ISFJ (who also loves people, just not in crowds) will often prefer quieter pursuits.

The ISFJ and ISTJ couple:

These two practical types will get on well. In social situations, though the ISTJ should defer to their partner's more defined social awareness.

The ISFJ and ESTJ couple:

Both practical types, there is a possibility that the more strongly opinionated ESTJ will overshadow the ISFJ, who will only challenge when the principles are very important to them. On the whole a good combination.