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hypothesis that creative individuals should be conscientious; however, the latter author
identified a strong interface between conscientiousness and creativity only when the
research participants assessed themselves. Whereas accoding to St. Wolfradt, J. E. Pretz
(2001), conscientiousness / integrity is weakly interfaced with creativity. We assert that
very important personality traits – conscientiousness / integrity and agreeableness - are not
distinctive traits of a creative personality. Particularly creative individuals can understand
moral norms differently than others, they do not always have a high level of agreeableness
and and are helpful to others.
When investigating the interfaces between neuroticism and creativity we have identified
that this trait is negatively interfaced with intuition and is positively interfaced with
flexibility, inversiveness and childishness. When analyzing the results of a negative interface
between neuroticism and the creativity component - intuition, we found out that, in our
opinion, neuroticism inhibits creativity. Some authors emphasize this factor as well. J.
Pacevičius (2005) admits that when the level of neuroticism is higher an individual
experiences negative emotions during his activities and the fear to stray from norms and
rules. The latter has a negative impact on a creative process and activity results. According
to the findings of other researchers, individuals with a higher level of neuroticism are less
motivated to act, to take decisions, to involve themselves into activities and make solutions
(Wang et al, 2006), which undoubtedly are creativity aspects. Other authors (Grakauskaitė-
Karkockienė, 2013; Wolfradt, Pretz, 2001) did not identify statistically significant interfaces
between creativity and neuroticism. In summary, it should be admitted that our research
has supplemented the results obtained by other authors.
Conclusions
1. When comparing the estimates of personality traits by means of equation, it was found
out that the estimates of openness to experience in males was significantly higher in
terms of statistics than in females, whereas other estimates of trait sub scales
(neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness/integrity) did not differ
significantly in males and females.
2. When comparing the estimates of personality traits according to the year of study, it was
found out that the estimates of senior students (the third and the fourth year) were
significantly higher in terms of statistics in the sub scales of extraversion and openness to
experience, compared to the estimates of junior students (the first and the second year);
in the latter groups agreeableness and conscientiousness/integrity were expressed at a
significantly higher level. Furthermore, it was found out that students who aligned their
studies with work were more extroverted and open to experience compared to those
who did not work while studying.
3. When comparing the estimates of creativity of males and females it was found out that
the estimates of all males, research participants, were statistically higher than of females
in the sub scales of seeking innovation, flexibility, originality and criticism and in the total
creativity sub scale.
4. It was identified that the estimates of the fourth year students in the sub scales of
intuition, seeking innovation and flexibility were significantly higher in term of statistics
compared to the first - third year students. No statistically significant differences were
identified when comparing the estimates of the first year students with the second and
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