JUDGMENTS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND CREATIVITY IN ORDINARY PEOPLES EVERYDAY LIFE-STYLES

Authors
LOWE G
Citation
G. Lowe, JUDGMENTS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND CREATIVITY IN ORDINARY PEOPLES EVERYDAY LIFE-STYLES, Psychological reports, 76(3), 1995, pp. 1147-1154
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
1147 - 1154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1995)76:3<1147:JOSUAC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
To investigate the relationship between substance use and creativity, four pairs of raters independently assessed the reports of over 600 re spondents from the Mass-Observation (M-O) Archive. The M-O directive a ddressed their use of 'stimulants and relaxants.' Correlations between 'creativity' ratings and 'substance use ratings were low but signific antly positive (around .275). The observed links are discussed in rela tion to laboratory-based and other studies of substance use and creati vity.