Relationship between creativity and schizophrenia: a study of patients with psychiatric disorders.

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International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-31 DOI:10.1080/13651501.2025.2528695

Angelica De Sandi, Giordano D'Urso, Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Natale Vincenzo Maiorana, Mariachiara Calloni, Denise Mellace, Angelica Marfoli, Gaia Del Prete-Ferrucci, Barbara Poletti, Sergio Barbieri, Alberto Priori, Roberta Ferrucci

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Abstract

Objective: Creativity is the ability to generate original ideas, solutions and new concepts. This includes divergent thinking, defined as the ability to think outside of established patterns. Research has focused on the link between creativity and schizophrenia, but results are heterogeneous and contradictory. This study examined divergent thinking using the Divergent Thinking Test (DTT), which compared healthy subjects and subjects with a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia.

Methods: 48 Patients (schizophrenia, n = 20, psychiatric disorder other than schizophrenia, n = 28) and 38 healthy subjects performed the DTT, which includes five factor scores: fluidity (FL), flexibility (FS), originality (O), elaboration (E), title (T). Linear models were employed for between-group comparisons.

Results: The results indicated that psychiatric patients show a lower performance on the DTT than healthy subjects. Within the patient group, subjects with schizophrenia show greater difficulties than subjects with other psychiatric disorders.

Conclusions: The DTT scores of the control group are higher than those of the psychiatric group. Regarding to the type of diagnosis, performance on the DTT task is lower in schizophrenic patients than in patients with another psychiatric disorder, suggesting the existence of a negative association between creativity and schizophrenia.

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创造力与精神分裂症的关系：一项精神障碍患者的研究。

目标：创造力是产生原创想法、解决方案和新概念的能力。这包括发散性思维，定义为在既定模式之外思考的能力。研究的重点是创造力和精神分裂症之间的联系，但结果是不同的和矛盾的。这项研究使用发散性思维测试（DTT）来检验发散性思维，该测试将健康受试者和患有精神疾病（包括精神分裂症）的受试者进行了比较。方法：48例精神分裂症患者（n = 20，非精神分裂症精神障碍患者，n = 28）和38名健康者进行DTT测试，包括流动性（FL）、灵活性（FS）、独创性(O)、阐述(E)、标题(T) 5个因素评分。组间比较采用线性模型。结果：精神疾病患者在DTT测试中的表现低于健康受试者。在患者群体中，精神分裂症患者比其他精神疾病患者表现出更大的困难。结论：精神科患者DTT评分高于对照组。就诊断类型而言，精神分裂症患者在DTT任务上的表现低于其他精神疾病患者，这表明创造力与精神分裂症之间存在负相关。

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International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

6.00

自引率

3.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice provides an international forum for communication among health professionals with clinical, academic and research interests in psychiatry. The journal gives particular emphasis to papers that integrate the findings of academic research into realities of clinical practice. Focus on the practical aspects of managing and treating patients. Essential reading for the busy psychiatrist, trainee and interested physician. Includes original research papers, comprehensive review articles and short communications. Key words: Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, Mental health, Neuropsychiatry, Clinical Neurophysiology, Psychophysiology, Psychotherapy, Addiction, Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorders and Anxiety.