Relationship between personality traits and creativity

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

F. Dortaj ¹ , M. Kalantar Ghoreyshi ² , R. Eynoullah Zadeghan ³

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Received: 2016-07-11 Accepted : 2016-07-11 Published : 2011-12-22

Keywords: Creativity, Students, Ppersonality traits,

Abstract :

Background: Personality is a complex construct which may affect some psychological capabilities. Creativity could be among the one of them.   Objective: This study aims to find out any relationship between personality traits and creativity in high school girls students. Method: To this end, 125 girl students of one of the pre-university schools of Tehran were selected by random cluster sampling. The students were then asked to fill out NEO questionnaire and creativity questionnaire of Abedi. Results: Pearson correlation coefficient and Multivariate regression showed that conscientiousness, openness to experience and agreeableness has significant and positive correlation with creativity, and neuroticism had a significant but negative correlation with creativity. Conclusion: Based on these findings, we need to consider students' creativity along with their personality characters.