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Aneesah Nishaat, The University of Western Australia, AustraliaAbstract
This study investigated the correlations between Big Five personality dimensions and creativity among Indian adolescents. Participants were 446 students (318 males, 127 females) aged 15–18. Creativity was assessed using the Short Scale of Creative Self (Karwowski, 2011), which measures creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity. Big Five traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience) were measured with the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (Gosling et al., 2003). Strong positive correlations emerged between creativity and openness to experience (r=.345, p<.01). Moderate positive correlations were also observed with agreeableness (r = .253, p < .01), emotional stability (r = .197, p < .01) and conscientiousness (r = .185, p < .01). Gender-based analyses revealed: for male students, openness (r = .338, p < .01) and agreeableness (r = .273, p < .01) emerged as stronger predictors, whereas for female students, openness (r = .305, p < .01), extraversion (r = .275, p < .01) and conscientiousness (r = .260, p < .01), were more strongly associated with creativity. The findings demonstrate that personality plays a significant role in creativity among Indian adolescents., with openness to experience emerging as the most consistent predictor. Gender patterns suggest that agreeableness and openness are more relevant for males, whereas extraversion and conscientiousness particularly support female creativity. This may imply that extraverted females feel more confident in sharing original ideas than their introverted counterparts, and that conscientiousness reflects higher expectations for female students to prove their competence.
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