Draft:Intelligent Enneagram Questionnaire (iEQ9)

The Intelligent Enneagram Questionnaire (iEQ9), also known as the Integrative Enneagram Questionnaire, is a personality assessment tool modelled after the Enneagram of Personality. This questionnaire is used in personal and professional settings. The Integrative Enneagram Questionnaire takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, and measures Enneagram profile, 27 subtypes, centres of intelligence, wings, lines, and levels of integration. These measures can aid in conflict resolution, organizational thoughts, resolving challenges, increasing level of function, and building relationships. . The iEQ9 has was developed over 6 years through scientific research and development, making it up to 95% accurate

Enneagram Profile
Enneagram profiles assist individuals in understanding their own patterns of behaviour. This helps in understanding your basic fears and desires, and understanding what motivates you to behave in certain ways. There are nine enneagram types.


 * Type 1-The Reformer is described as principled, purposeful, self-controlled, and perfectionistic.
 * Type 2-The Helper is described as demonstrative, generous, people-pleasing, and possessive.
 * Type 3-The Achiever is described as adaptive, excelling, driven, and image-conscious.
 * Type 4-The Individualist is described as expressive, dramatic, self-absorbed, and temperamental.
 * Type 5-The Investigator is described as perceptive, innovative, secretive, and isolated.
 * Type 6-The Loyalist is described as engaging, responsible, anxious, and suspicious.
 * Type 7-The Enthusiast is described as spontaneous, versatile, distractible, and scattered.
 * Type 8-The Challenger is described as self-confident, decisive, willful, and confrontational.
 * Type 9-The Peacemaker is described as receptive, reassuring, agreeable, and complacent.

27 Subtypes
The 27 subtypes are derived from Claudio Naranjo's model. The iEQ9 provides information on the instinctual motivations behind an individual's behaviour and ties it together with the Enneagram Profile. These instinctual motivations are divided into three categories: self-preservation, one-on-one, and social.
 * The self preservation instinct focuses on physical safety and comfort. Primary motivations from the self-preservation instinct often show up as anxiety or stress.
 * The one-on-one instinct focuses on relationships with others as well as the environment. Primary motivations from the one-on-one instinct often focus on building one-on-one relationships.
 * The social instinct focuses on securing social bonds within communities. This instinct is shown through the development of higher social awareness and focus on the greater good of the community.

Centres of Intelligence
There are three centres of intelligence in the Enneagram. These centres may also be understood as centres of expression or centres of structure. The three types include the Instinctive or Action Centre, the Feeling Centre, and the Thinking Centre. These centres are typically displayed through unconscious emotional responses.
 * The Instinctive/Action Centre often focuses on physical feelings or sensations when making decisions. Some identify this as a "gut feeling" or instinct to follow a certain path. The primary Enneagram profiles included in the Instinctive/Action Centre include types 1, 8, and 9.
 * The Feeling Centre focuses on the emotions one may experience when making decisions. Those who identify with the Feeling Centre are often thought to follow their heart. The primary Enneagram profiles included in the Feeling Centre include types 2, 3, and 4.
 * The Thinking Centre focuses on information processing when making decisions. Individuals with this centre are thought of as rational and realistic, and do not let emotional responses influence their decisions. The primary Enneagram profiles included in the Thinking Centre include types 5, 6, and 7.

Wings, Lines, and Levels of Integration
Within the framework of the Enneagram, these three elements function alongside an individual's core Enneagram profile. These elements represent the movement and changes an individual may experience at certain times in their life.
 * Wings refer to the two types neighbouring your core Enneagram profile. Individual's can tap into these adjacent Enneagram types to expand their perspective. Wings can be large or small, and can fluctuate over time.
 * Lines represent an individual's journey of development. They can be thought of as a pattern of energy movement . These lines run in two directions: line of release and line of stretch.
 * Line of release represents movement that occurs during times of expansion and growth.
 * Line of stretch represents movement that occurs during times of challenge and stress.