A New View of the Relationship between Creativity and Intelligence

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Abstract
One hundred and fourteen youths involved in a juvenile justice system, half of whom were included because of potential giftedness, were administered the age appropriate Weschler Intelligence Scales and the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking to assess their cognitive abilities. The resulting multivariate data were analyzed using maximum likehood factor analysis and structural equation model to develop a factor model of intellectual and creative abilities and the relationships among them. Two high order factor and five lower level characteristics were isolated. These were defined as general intelligence and general fluency at the higher level, and crystallized and fluid intelligence, verbal and figural divergent production, along with creative energy, at the lower level. While no relationship was found between general intelligence and general fluency, the creative energy factor was found to be influenced by both of these higher order factors. This result was used in discussion related to the theory of creativity.

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