Systematic Desensitization Steps: 13 Techniques & Worksheets
10 Oct 2022 • by Alina Georgiana
„ Quite a few studies have examined the association of creativity with psychoticism. The present article reports a meta-analysis that was intended to clarify the strength of the association and to explain variation in effects sizes reported in 32 previous studies. These 32 studies involved 6,771 participants, most of them college students. ”
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Creativity has long been associated with psychopathology. Aristotle’s statement “No great genius has ever been without some madness” (and the concise label mad genius) is still debated in the literature. The relationship between creativity and psychopathology is difficult to pinpoint, in large part because creativity and psychopathology are both complex concepts. Also, the relationship is probably bidirectional, with creativity sometimes influencing psychopathology and psychopathology sometimes influencing creativity (Runco, 1991). This makes causal explanations quite challenging. It is not surprising, then, in their review of studies on the relationship between creativity and psychopathology, that Lauronen et al. (2004) found multiple links. They concluded that there was a “fragile association between creativity and mental disorder, but the link is not apparent for all groups of mental disorders or for all forms of creativity” (p. 81). This echoes the conclusion of Richards (2000 –2001) in her overview of research on this topic. Clearly, it is necessary to be very specific in any examination of creativity and psychopathology. With that in mind, the focus of the present article should be explicitly stated. This article is focused on psychoticism. It is unique in its use of meta-analytic procedures used to explore it and its relationship with creativity.
Literature Search
Creativity has long been associated with psychopathology. Aristotle’s statement “No great genius has ever been without some madness” (and the concise label mad genius) is still debated in the literature. The relationship between creativity and psychopathology is difficult to pinpoint, in large part because creativity and psychopathology are both complex concepts. Also, the relationship is probably bidirectional, with creativity sometimes influencing psychopathology and psychopathology sometimes influencing creativity (Runco, 1991). This makes causal explanations quite challenging. It is not surprising, then, in their review of studies on the relationship between creativity and psychopathology, that Lauronen et al. (2004) found multiple links. They concluded that there was a “fragile association between creativity and mental disorder, but the link is not apparent for all groups of mental disorders or for all forms of creativity” (p. 81). This echoes the conclusion of Richards (2000 –2001) in her overview of research on this topic. Clearly, it is necessary to be very specific in any examination of creativity and psychopathology. With that in mind, the focus of the present article should be explicitly stated. This article is focused on psychoticism. It is unique in its use of meta-analytic procedures used to explore it and its relationship with creativity.
Literature Search
Creativity has long been associated with psychopathology. Aristotle’s statement “No great genius has ever been without some madness” (and the concise label mad genius) is still debated in the literature. The relationship between creativity and psychopathology is difficult to pinpoint, in large part because creativity and psychopathology are both complex concepts. Also, the relationship is probably bidirectional, with creativity sometimes influencing psychopathology and psychopathology sometimes influencing creativity (Runco, 1991). This makes causal explanations quite challenging.
It is not surprising, then, in their review of studies on the relationship between creativity and psychopathology, that Lauronen et al. (2004) found multiple links. They concluded that there was a “fragile association between creativity and mental disorder, but the link is not apparent for all groups of mental disorders or for all forms of creativity” (p. 81). This echoes the conclusion of Richards (2000 –2001) in her overview of research on this topic. Clearly, it is necessary to be very specific in any examination of creativity and psychopathology. With that in mind, the focus of the present article should be explicitly stated.
Systematic desensitization is used to treat extreme aversions through a combination of graded exposure and relaxation.
Resources
- Wallach, M. A., & Kogan, N. (1965). Wallach, M. A., & Kogan, N. (1965). Modes of thinking in young children:A study of the creativity–intelligence distinction.
New York, NY: Holt,Rinehart & Winston. - *Ward, P. B., McConaghy, N., & Catts, S. V. (1991). Word association and measures of psychosis proneness in university students. Personality and Individual Differences, 12, 473–480.
- Ward, T. B. (1994). Structured imagination: The role of conceptual structure in exemplar generation. Cognitive Psychology, 27, 1–40.
- Welsh, G. S. (1949). Welsh Figure Preference Test. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
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