Jones Steven, Dodd Alyson, Gruber June
Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research, Faculty of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2014 Mar 26;9(3):e91669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091669. eCollection 2014.
Individuals at risk for, and diagnosed with, bipolar disorder (BD) appear to have heightened levels of creativity. Although inspiration is creativity, the ways in which individuals appraise and respond emotionally to inspiration in BD remain unexplored.
The present study reports on a new measure of inspiration (External and Internal Sources of Inspiration Scale--EISI). The reliability and validity of EISI were explored along with associations between EISI and BD risk.
Among a cross-national student sample (N = 708) 5 inspiration factors were derived from EISI (self, other, achievement, prosocial and external inspiration). Reliability, concurrent validity and convergent/divergent validity were good. Total EISI and all subscales were associated with increased positive rumination, and total EISI and the achievement EISI subscale were associated with impulsivity. Total EISI, self and prosocial EISI subscales were independently associated with BD risk and current mania symptoms.
This new measure of inspiration is multidimensional, reliable and valid. Findings suggest that self and prosocial focused inspiration are particularly associated with risk for BD after controlling for current manic symptoms. Future studies in clinical populations may illuminate the relationships between inspiration and creativity in BD.
有双相情感障碍（BD）风险及被诊断患有双相情感障碍的个体似乎具有更高水平的创造力。尽管灵感就是创造力，但双相情感障碍患者对灵感进行评估和情感反应的方式仍未得到探索。
本研究报告了一种新的灵感测量方法（灵感的外部和内部来源量表——EISI）。对EISI的信效度以及EISI与双相情感障碍风险之间的关联进行了探索。
在一个跨国学生样本（N = 708）中，从EISI中得出了5个灵感因素（自我、他人、成就、亲社会和外部灵感）。信效度、同时效度以及聚合/区分效度良好。EISI总分及所有子量表均与积极反刍增加相关，EISI总分及成就EISI子量表与冲动性相关。EISI总分、自我和亲社会EISI子量表与双相情感障碍风险及当前躁狂症状独立相关。
这种新的灵感测量方法是多维的，可靠且有效。研究结果表明，在控制当前躁狂症状后，以自我和亲社会为重点的灵感与双相情感障碍风险尤其相关。未来针对临床人群的研究可能会阐明双相情感障碍中灵感与创造力之间的关系。
