Scientific geniuses' psychopathology as a moderator in the relation between creative contribution types and eminence
- Authors
- Ko, Young-gun; Kim, Jin-young
- Issue Date
- Jul-2008
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Citation
- CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL, v.20, no.3, pp.251 - 261
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 251
- End Page
- 261
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/123069
- DOI
- 10.1080/10400410802278677
- ISSN
- 1040-0419
- Abstract
- The present study investigated whether scientific geniuses' psychopathology might exert significant influences on their scientific eminence by its interaction with their creative contribution types (paradigm-preserving contributions or paradigm-rejecting contributions). A systematic review of literature on psychopathology of geniuses was conducted using PsycINFO (1967-2005). Seventy-six scientific geniuses were chosen and divided into 4 groups: No Psychopathology Group (n = 22), Personality Disorders Group (n = 27), Mood Disorders Group (n = 13), and Schizophrenia Group (n = 14). The results suggested that psychopathology of geniuses might play the role of a moderator in the relation between creative contribution types and scientific eminence. Implications regarding the mad-genius debate were discussed.
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