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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers. 2015 Jan 28;84(2):248–258. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12156

Table 5. Robust poisson regressions predicting creative achievement in the arts and sciences in Sample 2 (New Haven).

Arts Sciences


b SE 95% CI Wald χ² p b SE 95% CI Wald χ² p
Block 1
Age -0.01 0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) 0.88 .35 0.01 0.01 (-0.02, 0.04) 0.26 .61
Intellect 0.01 0.09 (-0.17, 0.18) 0.01 .93 0.43 0.15 (0.13, 0.73) 7.84 .01
Openness 0.60 0.10 (0.40, 0.81) 33.50 < .01 0.00 0.17 (-0.33, 0.33) 0.00 1.0

Block 2
Age -0.01 0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) 0.80 .37 0.01 0.02 (-0.03, 0.03) 1.00 .76
Intellect 0.00 0.11 (-0.21, 0.21) 0.00 .99 0.50 0.19 (0.13, 0.87) 6.97 .01
Openness 0.64 0.11 (0.42, 0.85) 33.58 < .01 0.11 0.18 (-0.25, 0.47) 0.35 .56
Neuroticism 0.13 0.09 (-0.05, 0.31) 1.92 .17 -0.20 0.15 (-0.50, 0.09) 1.81 .18
Agreeableness -0.39 0.11 (-0.60, -0.18) 13.05 < .01 -0.48 0.18 (-0.84, -0.13) 7.09 .01
Conscientiousness 0.01 0.09 (-0.17, 0.20) 0.02 .90 -0.08 0.15 (-0.38, 0.22) 0.29 .59
Extraversion 0.32 0.11 (0.11, 0.53) 8.77 < .01 -0.28 0.21 (-0.68, 0.13) 1.81 .18

Block 3
Age -0.02 0.01 (-0.04, 0.01) 2.10 .15 0.01 0.02 (-0.02, 0.04) 0.39 .54
Intellect 0.11 0.13 (-0.13, 0.36) 0.87 .35 0.22 0.19 (-0.14, 0.59) 1.46 .23
Openness 0.64 0.11 (0.42, 0.85) 33.90 < .01 0.12 0.17 (-0.21, 0.45) 0.49 .49
Neuroticism 0.16 0.10 (-0.02, 0.34) 2.93 .09 -0.18 0.15 (-0.48, 0.12) 1.38 .24
Agreeableness -0.35 0.10 (-0.54, -0.16) 12.83 < .01 -0.50 0.18 (-0.86, -0.13) 7.22 .01
Conscientiousness -0.03 0.10 (-0.23, 0.16) 0.12 .73 0.00 0.16 (-0.30, 0.31) 0.00 .99
Extraversion 0.30 0.11 (0.09, 0.51) 7.54 .01 -0.22 0.19 (-0.60, 0.15) 1.34 .25
g -0.11 0.04 (-0.18, -0.04) 8.85 < .01 0.11 0.05 (0.00, 0.21) 3.83 .05
Divergent Thinking 0.09 0.05 (-0.02, 0.19) 2.76 .10 0.26 0.13 (0.01, 0.52) 4.23 .04

Note.N = 236, except for Block 3 (N = 235). Significant effects (p < .05) are in bold.