خلاقيت و پنج عامل شخصيت‌

Creativity and Five Factors of Personality

The present research investigated the link between creativity and five factors of personality. Accordingly, 256 Subjects were given the Abedi Creativity Test and the Goldberg Five Factors of Personality Test respectively. Initially, validity and reliability measures of the Abedi Creativity Test were examined. Results showed that this test was a valid and reliable test for evaluating creativity in Iranian subjects. Research findings highlighted the fact that creativity had a positive relation with three factors of personality, namely extroversion, agreeableness and openness to experience. Extroversion and openness to experience could predict the variation of creativity measures. Analysis of Regression showed that 20 to 25 percent of the variance in each of the elements of creativity (Originality, Elaboration, Flexibility and Fluency) could be separately explained by the five factors of personality. There were no significant sex differences in levels of creativity.