Insomnia and intellect mask the positive link between schizotypal traits and creativity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schizotypy is a set of personality traits that resemble the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia in the general population, and it is associated with various subclinical mental health problems, including sleep disturbances. Additionally, dimensions of schizotypy show specific but weak associations with creativity. Given that creativity demands cognitive control and mental health, and that sleep disturbances negatively impact cognitive control, we predicted that positive, impulsive and disorganised schizotypy will demonstrate stronger associations with indicators of creativity, if the effect of mental health, insomnia, and intellect are statistically controlled.

Methods

University students (N = 182) took part in the study. Schizotypy was assessed with the sho

SUBMITTER: Polner B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6147126 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature