The relationship between creativity and psychosis-proneness

Author(s): Ross, S., Hatfield, R., Houtler, B., Whitman, D.

Journal/Book: Pers Indiv Differ. 1998; 24: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 879-881.

Abstract: One-hundred and fifteen undergraduates were repeatedly administered a battery measuring schizotypal personality type and creativity (remote associations). Principal Components Analysis found a two-factor model to be most parsimonious. The pattern of results suggests that magical ideation and perceptual aberration items are represented by one factor and suspiciousness by the second. Analysis of consistent versus inconsistent high scorers on the schizoptypia measure indicated that inconsistent high scorers on the suspiciousness factor scored significantly higher than consistent high scorers on the creativity measure.

Note: Article Whitman D, Wayne State Univ, Dept Psychol, 71 W Warren Ave, Detroit,MI 48202 USA

Keyword(s): schizotypia; creativity; psychosis-proneness; SCHIZOTYPY; DISORDERS

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