The MBTI-Creativity Index was developed by Harrison
Gough, Ph.D., at the Institute for Personality Assessment and Research or IPAR. Gough also
developed the California Psychological Inventory, (CPI.). IPAR's samples of creative
people were selected by peer nomination of creative people in creative fields (musicians,
artists, scientists, architects, writers, etc.), as well as, by IPAR evaluations. [1,2]
The Myers-Briggs Type indicator (or MBTI) is a widely
used personality measurement instrument which is administered to over three million people
a year. The MBTI-Creativity Index is calculated by taking a respondents MBTI scores and
placing them into a formula that has been developed based on 30 years of creativity
research at the Institute for Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR). [1,3]
Gough's research on the MBTI-Creativity Index suggests
that with regard to Meyers-Briggs personality types, creative individuals tend to be more
intuitive ("N") rather that sensory ("S"); more perceiving
("P") than judging ("J"); more extroverted ("E") rather than
introverted ("I"); and more thinking ("T") rather than feeling
("F") [3]. The most heavily weighted factor in the MBTI-CI is the preference for
intuition. Twenty-six additional studies of creativity involving the MBTI have all found
correlation between a preference for intuition and creativity [2].
The average creativity index
according to the MBTI bank of 50,000 women and 39,000 men is 235.5 [2]. The MBTI-CI scores
possible ranges from negative 84.5 to a positive 547.5 for highly creative individuals.
Gough estimated that individuals with Creativity Index scores less than 250 are less
likely to demonstrate breakthrough creative talent, and those above 350 are likely to show
breakthrough creativity [1,2,3].
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References:
1. Gough, Harrison. Studies of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in a
personality assessment research institute. Paper presented at the Fourth National
Conference on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Stanford University, CA (July, 1981)
2. Myers, Isabel Briggs, and Mary H. McCaulley. Manual: A Guide to
the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Palo Alto, California.
Consulting Psychologists Press. 1992
3. Thorne, Avril and Harrison Gough. Portraits of Type: An MBTI Research
Compendium. Palo Alto, California. Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. 1991
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