ABSTRACT

Positive implications of schizotypal personality have been discussed in the literature in the last few years, higher creativity being one of them. Specifically, positive and negative schizotypy dimensions have been respectively related to higher and lower creativity levels. However, a considerable amount of null associations between these two constructs have also been reported. This heterogeneity could be due to the multidimensionality of both constructs. The aim of this study is to go deeper into the general relationship between creativity and schizotypy, disentangling the associations between specific dimensions of these two constructs. We assessed schizotypy in a sample of 154 volunteers. They also filled out creative personality and creative products questionnaires. Regression analyses showed no effect of scores in the positive dimension of schizotypy over either of the two creativity measures. Interestingly, lower scores in the negative dimension were associated with more creative products, whereas lower scores in the disorganized dimension were associated with a more creative personality. Our results point toward the need to use assessment tools tapping into the different aspects of creativity and to take into account the multidimensional nature of schizotypal personality in order to clarify the relationship between these two complex constructs.

摘要

近年来，精神分裂性人格的积极含义已在文献中进行了讨论，其中较高的创造力便是其中之一。具体而言，正和负的精神分裂症维度分别与较高和较低的创造力水平相关。然而，也已经报道了这两个构建体之间相当数量的空关联。这种异质性可能是由于两种构建体的多维性。这项研究的目的是更深入地研究创造力和精神分裂症之间的一般关系，以解开这两种结构的具体尺寸之间的联系。我们在154名志愿者的样本中评估了精神分裂症。他们还填写了创意人格和创意产品调查表。回归分析显示，对于两种创造力指标中的任何一种，精神分裂症阳性维度的得分均无影响。有趣的是，消极维度中的较低分数与更具创意的产品相关联，而杂乱无章的维度中较低的分数与更具创造力的个性相关联。我们的结果表明需要使用评估工具来挖掘创造力的不同方面，并考虑到分裂型人格的多维性质，以阐明这两个复杂结构之间的关系。