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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 7. Robust poisson regressions predicting creative achievement in the arts and sciences in Sample 4 (Minnesota).

Arts Sciences


b SE 95% CI Wald χ² p b SE 95% CI Wald χ² p
Block 1
Age -0.02 0.01 (-0.02, 0.02) 0.06 .81 -0.01 0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) 1.95 .16
Sex -0.25 0.08 (0.10, 0.41) 10.30 < .01 -0.36 0.11 (0.15, 0.57) 10.99 .00
Intellect -0.01 0.07 (-0.15, 0.12) 0.04 .84 0.42 0.10 (0.23, 0.61) 18.22 .00
Openness 0.51 0.07 (0.37, 0.65) 51.39 < .01 -0.01 0.10 (-0.19, 0.17) 0.01 .93

Block 2
Age 0.00 0.01 (-0.02, 0.02) 0.02 .89 -0.01 0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) 1.14 .29
Sex -0.25 0.09 (0.09, 0.42) 8.71 < .01 -0.35 0.11 (0.13, 0.56) 9.90 < .01
Intellect -0.03 0.08 (-0.18, 0.12) 0.16 .69 0.44 0.11 (0.22, 0.66) 15.59 < .01
Openness 0.46 0.08 (0.31, 0.61) 35.08 < .01 -0.09 0.11 (-0.30, 0.12) 0.67 .41
Neuroticism 0.09 0.07 (-0.05, 0.23) 1.52 .22 0.06 0.09 (-0.13, 0.24) 0.34 .56
Agreeableness 0.03 0.09 (-0.14, 0.21) 0.13 .72 0.09 0.11 (-0.12, 0.29) 0.63 .43
Conscientiousness -0.08 0.07 (-0.23, 0.06) 1.25 .26 -0.20 0.10 (-0.39, -0.01) 4.04 .04
Extraversion 0.21 0.07 (0.07, 0.35) 8.35 < .01 0.08 0.12 (-0.15, 0.31) 0.47 .50

Block 3
Age 0.00 0.01 (-0.02, 0.02) 0.07 .79 -0.01 0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) 0.92 .34
Sex -0.26 0.09 (0.09, 0.43) 9.34 < .01 -0.35 0.11 (0.14, 0.56) 10.71 < .01
Intellect -0.10 0.08 (-0.25, 0.05) 1.62 .20 0.32 0.11 (0.11, 0.53) 8.69 < .01
Openness 0.45 0.08 (0.30, 0.60) 33.90 < .01 -0.08 0.10 (-0.28, 0.12) 0.60 .44
Neuroticism 0.09 0.07 (-0.04, 0.23) 1.79 .18 0.05 0.09 (-0.13, 0.24) 0.32 .57
Agreeableness 0.04 0.09 (-0.14, 0.22) 0.20 .66 0.07 0.10 (-0.13, 0.28) 0.51 .47
Conscientiousness -0.08 0.07 (-0.22, 0.07) 1.10 .29 -0.15 0.10 (-0.35, 0.04) 2.41 .12
Extraversion 0.23 0.07 (0.09, 0.37) 10.68 < .01 0.14 0.11 (-0.08, 0.35) 1.50 .23
g 0.06 0.06 (-0.05, 0.18) 1.12 .29 0.18 0.08 (0.03, 0.34) 5.54 .02
Divergent Thinking 0.04 0.02 (0.01, 0.07) 5.29 .02 0.02 0.04 (-0.05, 0.09) 0.38 .54

Note. N = 305. Significant effects (p < .05) are in bold. Sex was coded: 0 = Male, 1 = Female.