GENDER, CREATIVITY, DEPRESSION, AND ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC ABILITY

The present study examined the relationship among gender, creativity, depression, and attributional style among high-achieving adolescents. One hundred twenty-eight eighth-and ninth-grade high-achieving student s completed the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT), the Childre n's Depression Inventory (CDI), and the Children's Attribution Style Q uestionnaire-Revised (KASTAN-R CASQ). The results indicate that there were gender differences only on the verbal component of the TTCT, with females scoring significantly higher. For both sexes, there was a sig nificant relationship between figural creativity and a depressogenic a ttributional style. However, for females, high verbal creativity was a ssociated with low levels of depression and a positive attributional s tyle.