The Big Five and Divergent Thinking

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent SIG: Creativity (Table 42)

Abstract

In this meta-analysis, we investigated the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and DT. We analyzed 156 effect sizes for openness, 110 for extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness, 107 for agreeableness, and 17 for honesty-humility drawn from 63 studies with a total sample of 24,298 participants. In line with previous research, we did find a significant, albeit weak, relationship between DT and openness (r = .20, 95% CI [.18, .22]), as well as extraversion (r = .09, 95% CI [.06, .12]). We also assessed moderating effects of DT measure type and scoring, Big Five measure type, age group, culture, and publication year. We discuss the implications of our findings for creativity and personality research and assessment.

Authors

• Katalin Grajzel, University of Denver

• Selcuk Acar, University of North Texas

• Gage Singer, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs