Date Approved
6-11-2015
Embargo Period
6-11-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Department
Psychology
College
College of Science & Mathematics
Advisor
Dinzeo, Tom
Subject(s)
Creative ability; Mental illness
Disciplines
Psychiatric and Mental Health
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Carter, Christina, "The relationship between cognitive inhibition, mental illness, and creativity" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 263.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/263
