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Creative potential, creative achievement, and personal growth.

R Helson1, J L Pals

  • 1Institute of Personality and Social Research, University of California, Berkeley 94720-5050, USA. helson@socrates.berkeley.edu

Journal of Personality
|May 23, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Creative potential is linked to inner growth, but psychosocial development, like identity, is key for creative achievement in women. Commitment to creative work aids this integration.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Creativity Studies

Background:

  • Creative individuals often exhibit complex and unconventional traits.
  • Maturation may enhance intrapsychic awareness but pose challenges for psychosocial development, including identity formation.
  • Creative work can be a pathway for psychosocial integration in some women.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between creative potential, intrapsychic growth, psychosocial development, and creative achievement in women.
  • To examine whether commitment to creative work facilitates psychosocial integration and achievement.
  • To determine the role of cohesive identity development in predicting creative achievement.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 109 women.

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  • Assessed creative potential, intrapsychic growth, psychosocial growth, and creative achievement.
  • Employed regression analyses to explore predictive relationships.

    • Main Results:

    • Both creative potential and creative achievement correlated with intrapsychic growth.
    • Creative achievement, but not creative potential, was associated with psychosocial growth.
    • Development of a cohesive identity significantly predicted creative achievement, interacting with creative potential.

    Conclusions:

    • Intrapsychic growth is associated with both creative potential and achievement.
    • Psychosocial development, particularly identity cohesion, is crucial for translating creative potential into actual achievement.
    • Creative work can serve as a mechanism for psychosocial integration and subsequent creative success in women.