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Autophotographic Individuality Predicts Creativity: A Seven‐Year Follow‐up
Author(s) -
DOLLINGER STEPHEN J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2006.tb01268.x
Subject(s) - creativity , individualism , psychology , predictive value , social psychology , value (mathematics) , aesthetics , art , medicine , computer science , political science , machine learning , law
Approximately seven years after completing a photographic essay about the self, 44 adults were surveyed about their lives, current creative activities, and their work values. In accord with prediction, those who devised richer, more multidimensional and creative photo essays‐the more individualistic — were engaged in more creative lifestyles as adults and rated creativity as a job value higher than their less individualistic peers. Thus, unique self‐portrayals through photography were shown to have impressive predictive validity well beyond the college years.