Assessment of Personality Organization in Couple Relationships: Factorial Structure of the Inventory of Personality Organization and Incremental Validity Over Neuroticism |
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| Authors: | Melissa Verreault Stéphane Sabourin Yvan Lussier Lina Normandin John F. Clarkin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology , Université Laval , Québec , Canada;2. Department of Psychology , Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières , Québec , Canada;3. Department of Psychiatry and Personality Disorders Institute , Weill Cornell Medical College |
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| Abstract: | Summary: Creative thinking was explored from several approaches to further understanding of the interrelationship of perception, personality, and cognition. College students (N = 45) were administered the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), the Remote Associates Test (RAT), a questionnaire concerning RAT strategy, and two self-report scales. Field independent subjects were found to be significantly (p < .001) more creative than field dependents. Correlations between the RAT and GEFT and the self-report measures of conformity and creativity, while largely nonsignificant, were in the predicted directions. Results demonstrated that advanced strategy levels and insightful responses were significantly related to high performance on the RAT. Theoretical links between cognitive style and Piagetian concepts were discussed in regard to creative thought. Overall, these findings support the contention that the creative processes should be studied, not as isolated structures, but with relational and multifaceted emphasis. |
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