The Risky Side of Creativity

Domain Specific Risk Taking in Creative Individuals

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5835239
AutoresVaibhav Tyagi (0000-0003-2756-1513, University of Plymouth, autor correspondente), Yaniv Hanoch (0000-0001-9453-4588, University of Plymouth), Stephen D Hall (0000-0002-9274-6867, University of Plymouth), Mark A Runco (0000-0002-5043-7900, University of Georgia), Mark Runco, Susan L Denham (0000-0002-0988-5672, University of Plymouth)
Ano2017
Volume8
Data de publicação2017-02-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1664-1078 • E-ISSN: 1664-1078
EditoraFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00145
PMID28217103
OpenAlexW2583326448
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas37

Risk taking is often associated with creativity, yet little evidence exists to support this association. The present article aimed to systematically explore this association. In two studies, we investigated the relationship between five different domains of risk taking (financial, health and safety, recreational, ethical and social) and five different measures of creativity. Results from the first (laboratory-based) offline study suggested that creativity is associated with high risk taking tendencies in the social domain but not the other domains. Indeed, in the second study conducted online with a larger and diverse sample, the likelihood of social risk taking was the strongest predictor of creative personality and ideation scores. These findings illustrate the necessity to treat creativity and risk taking as multi-dimensional traits and the need to have a more nuanced framework of creativity and other related cognitive functions

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