Table 2.
Relations among predictor variables and creative achievement pooled across four samples (n-weighted mean correlations).
| g | Div. Think |
Visual Arts |
Music | Dance | Architectural Design |
Creative Writing |
Humor | Inventions | Scientific Discovery |
Theatre /Film |
Culinary Arts |
CAQ Total |
CAQ Arts |
CAQ Sciences |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | - | .37 | .03 | .11 | -.09 | .01 | .04 | -.01 | .11 | .27 | .11 | -.08 | .11 | .06 | .24 |
| Divergent Thinking | .37 | - | .10 | .11 | -.10 | .03 | .16 | .06 | .15 | .17 | .16 | .09 | .19 | .15 | .20 |
| Openness/Intellect | .32 | .27 | .18 | .19 | .03 | .01 | .31 | .13 | .15 | .21 | .19 | .12 | .36 | .33 | .21 |
| Intellect | .36 | .27 | .03 | .09 | -.02 | .00 | .24 | .10 | .15 | .29 | .10 | .10 | .22 | .16 | .27 |
| Openness | .16 | .18 | .26 | .23 | .07 | .02 | .28 | .13 | .11 | .07 | .22 | .09 | .38 | .39 | .10 |
| Neuroticism | -.08 | -.10 | .01 | -.01 | -.01 | .02 | .00 | -.01 | -.09 | -.10 | .01 | -.08 | .00 | .03 | -.10 |
| Volatility | -.12 | -.08 | .02 | -.01 | .01 | .01 | .02 | .03 | -.08 | -.12 | .05 | -.05 | .03 | .07 | -.11 |
| Withdrawal | -.01 | -.10 | .00 | -.02 | -.02 | .01 | -.02 | -.06 | -.08 | -.05 | -.03 | -.10 | -.02 | .00 | -.07 |
| Agreeableness | .06 | .02 | .07 | .01 | .08 | -.05 | .02 | -.07 | -.04 | -.05 | .01 | -.02 | .01 | .03 | -.06 |
| Compassion | .10 | .11 | .09 | .05 | .06 | -.02 | .07 | .04 | .02 | -.05 | .10 | .04 | .10 | .12 | -.02 |
| Politeness | .00 | -.07 | .04 | -.02 | .08 | -.05 | -.05 | -.15 | -.08 | -.04 | -.07 | -.07 | -.07 | -.06 | -.08 |
| Conscientiousness | -.13 | .02 | -.01 | -.05 | .07 | .01 | -.02 | -.12 | -.07 | -.02 | -.09 | .06 | -.06 | -.07 | -.05 |
| Industriousness | -.11 | .03 | -.04 | -.02 | .05 | -.02 | .00 | -.06 | -.01 | .00 | -.07 | .08 | -.04 | -.05 | -.01 |
| Orderliness | -.11 | -.01 | .01 | -.07 | .07 | .01 | -.04 | -.14 | -.13 | -.04 | -.08 | .03 | -.08 | -.07 | -.09 |
| Extraversion | -.02 | .11 | .01 | .05 | .08 | -.03 | .13 | .22 | .08 | -.02 | .17 | .16 | .17 | .17 | .03 |
| Enthusiasm | -.03 | .04 | -.01 | .03 | .06 | -.05 | .05 | .13 | .00 | -.06 | .11 | .08 | .07 | .10 | -.05 |
| Assertiveness | -.01 | .14 | .02 | .06 | .08 | .01 | .18 | .24 | .12 | .02 | .19 | .18 | .21 | .20 | .09 |
Note: N = 1035, except for correlations involving g (N = 844) and divergent thinking (N = 671). Correlations with the CAQ are Spearman's rho, all others are Pearson correlations. All correlations > .14 were bolded.