| Creativity and affective temperaments in non-clinical professional artists: An empirical psychometric investigation. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21820743 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
OBJECTIVE: Manic-depression/bipolar disorder was linked to creativity, with affective temperaments allegedly favoring creative expression and achievement, but a few studies only empirically tested the link. METHODS: 152 undergraduate students attending preparatory courses for creative artistic professions and 152 students in areas expected to lead to a profession mostly requiring the application of the learned rules were invited to fill in the TEMPS-A (Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego - Autoquestionnaire), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Creative Achievement Questionnaire (CAQ). Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to investigate the links between creativity scores and measures of psychopathology. RESULTS: Creative participants and controls did not differ in terms of sex (males=47%), age (24.5years, SD=3.8), or socioeconomic status. Creative people scored higher than controls on the CAQ and on the cyclothymic, hyperthymic and irritable subscales of the TEMPS-A, but not on the GHQ. Greater involvement in creative activities rather than being a creative achiever best differentiated those into the "risk for bipolar spectrum" class from the other two classes extracted by the LCA from the TEMPS-A. LIMITATIONS: The use of self-report measures to evaluate both creative involvement and the risk of psychopathology, and the exclusive focus on artistic creativity limit the generalizability of the findings. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that the cyclothymic dimension of the bipolar spectrum is linked to creativity, and this link is likely to result from increased involvement into pleasurable activities, including creative ones. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Marcello Vellante; Giulia Zucca; Antonio Preti; Davide Sisti; Marco Bruno Luigi Rocchi; Kareen K Akiskal; Hagop S Akiskal |
Related Documents
:
|
8822023 - The small icf/mr program: dimensions of quality and cost. 21842333 - The efficacy of an intimate partner violence prevention program with high-risk adolesce... 19177383 - Anatomists debate the value of a teaching credential. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-4 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Journal of affective disorders Volume: - ISSN: 1573-2517 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-8-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7906073 Medline TA: J Affect Disord Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Psychology, University of Cagliari, via Is Mirrionis 1, 09123 Cagliari, Italy. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Analyzing temporal patterns of infant sleep and negative affective behavior: A comparison between di...
Next Document: Inflammation in the early stages of neurodegenerative pathology.