Biographical correlates of artistic and literary creativity in adolescent girls

Abstract

Developed and cross-validated biographical keys in 400 high school girls, subdivided into creative and matched control groups on art and writing. Creative Ss were selected principally through teachers' nominations supported by creative products. Cross-validation yielded criterion correlations of .34 and .55 for art and writing keys (each p < .001). Final keys, comprising items that differentiated in both initial and cross validation samples (compound p < .05), were used to describe the biographical correlates of creativity. Comparisons were also made with the results of a similar, earlier study of creative boys. (33 ref.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)