University at Albany, State University of New York.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2017 Nov;12(6):1040-1076. doi: 10.1177/1745691617699653. Epub 2017 Sep 21.
Although the belief that creativity is related to psychopathology is prevalent, empirical evidence is limited. Research findings relating to mood disorder in particular are mixed, possibly as a result of differing research approaches (e.g., assessing the creativity of individuals with versus without mood disorder opposed to the prevalence of mood disorder in creative versus noncreative individuals). Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to investigate prior research examining the link between mood disorder and creativity from three distinct research approaches. Multilevel random effects models were used to calculate the overall effect size for studies that assessed (a) creativity in a clinical versus nonclinical sample ( k = 13), (b) mood disorder in a creative versus noncreative sample ( k = 10), and (c) the correlation between dimensional measures of creativity and mood disorder symptoms ( k = 15). Potential moderators were examined using meta-regression and subgroup analyses, as significant heterogeneity was detected among the effects in all three analyses. Results reveal a differential strength and pattern of effects across the three analyses, suggesting that the relationship between creativity and mood disorder differs according to the research approach. The theoretical implications of results and potential mechanisms responsible for the relationship between creativity and mood disorder are discussed.
尽管创造力与精神病理学有关的信念很普遍，但实证证据有限。特别是与心境障碍相关的研究结果存在差异，这可能是由于不同的研究方法造成的（例如，评估有和没有心境障碍的个体的创造力，而不是在创造性和非创造性个体中心境障碍的患病率）。因此，进行了一项系统评价和荟萃分析，以从三个不同的研究方法调查先前研究检查心境障碍和创造力之间的联系。使用多级随机效应模型计算了评估（a）临床与非临床样本中的创造力（k=13），（b）创造性与非创造性样本中的心境障碍（k=10），以及（c）创造力和心境障碍症状的维度测量之间的相关性（k=15）的研究的总体效应大小。使用元回归和亚组分析检查了潜在的调节因素，因为在所有三种分析中都检测到了效应之间存在显著的异质性。结果揭示了三种分析中效应的强度和模式的差异，表明创造力和心境障碍之间的关系因研究方法而异。讨论了结果的理论意义和创造力与心境障碍之间关系的潜在机制。
