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Narcissism and creativity

Martinsen, Øyvind L.; Arnulf, Jan Ketil; Furnham, Adrian; Lang-Ree, Ole Christian
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2712322
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2018
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Personality and Individual Differences. 2018, .   10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.032
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the relationship between narcissism, creative personality traits, ideational fluency, and accomplishments in various creative activities. We measured narcissism with the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Emmons, 1987), creative personality with the Creative Person Profile (Martinsen, 2011), creative potential with a figural measure of divergent thinking, and a biographical inventory was used to measure accomplishments in creative activities. The sample consisted of 1375 young adults, mainly men. The results showed that narcissism was associated with fluency, seven creative personality dispositions, and five measures of creative activities. The latter associations were in general significant even when controlling for traits and creative potential. The strongest relationship displayed with narcissism was with the creative personality traits, in particular ambition, agreeableness, and motivation. Implications and limitations are noted.
 
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