Age and Preference for Complexity among Manifestly Creative Women

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Abstract
The relationship between age and creativity among a sample of 271 manifestly creative women aged 23–87 years was studied. Creativity, as measured by scores on the Barron-Welsh Art Scales, showed no significant negative correlation with age. However, among a control sample of 76 women with an age range of 26–74 years, not selected for creativity, the negative correlation between age and creativity scores was statistically significant (r = -0.34, p < 0.05). The importance of selecting a homogenous sample is stressed, and questions concerning the value of creative attributes for successful aging were raised.