Correlates of Creativity: An Association Between Creativity, Personality, and Intelligence

Authors:
  • DSDivya Sadana
    Divya Sadana
  • RGRajnish Kumar Gupta
    Rajnish Kumar Gupta
  • SJSanjeev Jain
    Sanjeev Jain
  • SKS Senthil Kumaran
    S Senthil Kumaran
  • JRJamuna Rajeswaran
    Jamuna Rajeswaran
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Abstract
The present study aimed to explore the association between creativity, intelligence, and personality. Sixty dextral healthy volunteers in the age range of 20-40 years were recruited for the study and administered tests for fluid intelligence (Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices), personality (Big Five NEO-FFI), and divergent thinking (Wallach & Kogan Creativity Test). Findings revealed that intelligence and openness to experience were significantly and positively correlated with fluency, flexibility, and originality dimensions of creativity. The multiple regression analysis suggested openness and fluid intelligence as significant predictors for creativity which entails that individuals who are more open to new experiences continue integrating new and diverse information to their subsisting repertoire of experiences, when intelligently assimilated with contextual and emotional stimuli could provide more varied and novel responses to divergent thinking tasks.