Creatividad y rasgos de personalidad en estudiantes universitarios: estudio transversal de asociación

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Resumen

Introducción

En el presente estudio se buscó evaluar la relación entre características de personalidad y creatividad, en una muestra de estudiantes de una universidad pública de Bogotá.

Metodología

Se realizó un muestreo aleatorio para obtener una muestra de 157 estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Se utilizaron dos instrumentos para medir rasgos de personalidad y creatividad: el International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) y el Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults (ATTA). Adicionalmente, se registró información sobre sexo, antecedentes de psicopatología, semestre cursado y promedio académico. Se evaluó la asociación entre creatividad y rasgos de personalidad, mediante métodos de regresión robusta.

Resultados

La creatividad se relacionó con presencia de rasgos narcisistas. En un modelo multivariado, otras variables que mostraron relación con creatividad fueron el sexo masculino, los antecedentes familiares de enfermedad mental, el número de semestres cursados y el promedio académico alto.

Conclusiones

La asociación entre creatividad y rasgos narcisistas no había sido reportada en estudios previos. Se requieren estudios longitudinales que utilicen escalas más precisas para confirmar la validez de estos hallazgos.

Palabras clave:

Personalidad

creatividad

determinación de la personalidad

desarrollo de la personalidad

Abstract

Introduction

This study was carried out to assess the relationship between character traits and creativity in a sample of students from a public university in Bogotá.

Methodology

A random sample of 157 students from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. The two instruments used for measuring character traits and creativity were the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) and the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults (ATTA). Additional information about gender, psychopathological antecedents, current academic period and academic average have been recorded. Robust regression methods have been used to analyze the relationship between creativity and character traits.

Results

Creativity and narcissistic traits were associated. In a multivariate model, other variables showing a relationship with creativity were found, i.e., male gender, mental illness family antecedents, number of academic periods completed, and a high academic average.

Conclusions

Relationship between creativity and narcissistic traits had not been reported in previous. Longitudinal studies using more accurate scales should be undertaken to determine the validity of these findings.

Key words:

Character

creativity

character assessment

character development

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