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Androgyny and creativity: A study of the relationship between a balanced sex‐role and creative functioning
Author(s) -
Jönsson Peter,
Carlsson Ingegerd
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.00198
Subject(s) - androgyny , femininity , masculinity , psychology , creativity , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychoanalysis
The relationship between creativity and androgyny was studied in 163 women and men with the Creative Functioning Test (CFT) and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). A 2 (femininity: high/low) X 2 (masculinity: high/low) X 2 (sex) ANOVA was conducted on subjects’ CFT scores. A significant interaction effect between femininity and masculinity was found showing that subjects high on both femininity and masculinity (androgynous) and low on both scales (undifferentiated) reached higher CFT scores than female‐typed and male‐typed subjects. Further, a significant three‐way interaction including sex of subject indicated that the former two‐way interaction was accounted for by men only.