The relationship between cognitive inhibition, mental illness, and creativity

<p>The current study explored how the symptom severity of the affective and schizophrenia spectrums related to performance on a divergent thinking task and self-reports of creative achievement, as well as the contribution of cognitive inhibition as a moderating factor between these variables. 98 participants completed a 1.5 hour battery of tests that combined measures between this study and another study. Measures pertaining to this study included self-report measures of schizotypy and hypomania, a divergent thinking creativity task, a computerized stimuli-response task, and two self-reports of creative achievement. Correlations were conducted to examine linear relationships, nonlinear regression models were conducted to consider the presence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between mental illness and creativity, and hierarchical regression models were conducted to examine the potential of cognitive inhibition as a moderating factor. Results indicated mixed relationships between psychopathology and creativity with some significance between positive schizotypy and creativity, and the moderation of cognitive inhibition with hypomania.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Carter, Christina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dinzeo, Tom

• Creative ability; Mental illness
• Psychiatric and Mental Health

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/263

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1262