Androgyny and creativity: A study of the relationship between a balanced sex-role and creative functioning

The relationship between creativity and androgyny was studied in 163 women and men with the Creative Functioning Test (CFT) and the Bem Sex Role Inven tory (BSRI). A 2 (femininity: high/low) X 2 (masculinity: high/low) X 2 (se x) ANOVA was conducted on subjects' CFT scores. A significant interaction e ffect between femininity and masculinity was found showing that subjects hi gh on both femininity and masculinity (androgynous) and low on both scales (undifferentiated) reached higher CFT scores than female-typed and male-typ ed subjects. Further, a significant three-way interaction including sex of subject indicated that the former two-way interaction was accounted for by men only.