Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations of the employed measures
| Min | Max | M (SD) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICAA: activities (1) | 0.00 | 124 | 51.42 (25.36) | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.13 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.28 |
| ICAA: achievements (2) | 0.00 | 208 | 40.72 (35.15) | 0.68 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 0.27 | |
| CAQ total (3) | 0.00 | 151 | 12.97 (16.03) | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.13 | ||
| Intelligence (4) | −4.33 | 2.40 | −0.56 (1.10) | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.40 | |||
| Openness (5) | −2.07 | 2.03 | 0.16 (0.78) | 0.26 | 0.19 | ||||
| CP: fluency (6) | 4.17 | 27.17 | 12.37 (3.89) | 0.18 | |||||
| CP: originality (7) | 1.35 | 2.47 | 2.02 (0.18) |
Note: N = 297. Intelligence and openness scores reflect person parameters according to the item response theory model. Intelligence scores are based on the average of the subtests figural inductive reasoning, verbal short-term memory, and arithmetic flexibility (for details, see Method section).
ICAA, Inventory of Creative Activities and Achievements; CAQ, Creative Achievement Questionnaire; CP, creative potential.
Correlation coefficients above r = .11 are significant at p = .05, coefficients exceeding r = .15 are significant at p = .01.