How Is Intelligence Test Performance Associated with Creative Achievement? A Meta-Analysis

Maciej Karwowski; Marta Czerwonka; Ewa Wiśniewska; Boris Forthmann

doi:10.3390/jintelligence9020028

How Is Intelligence Test Performance Associated with Creative Achievement? A Meta-Analysis

J Intell. 2021 May 21;9(2):28. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence9020028.

Authors

Maciej Karwowski¹, Marta Czerwonka², Ewa Wiśniewska², Boris Forthmann³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, 50-527 Wrocław, Poland.
² Institute of Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-355 Warsaw, Poland.
³ Institute of Psychology in Education, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Abstract

This paper presents a meta-analysis of the links between intelligence test scores and creative achievement. A three-level meta-analysis of 117 correlation coefficients from 30 studies found a correlation of r = .16 (95% CI: .12, .19), closely mirroring previous meta-analytic findings. The estimated effects were stronger for overall creative achievement and achievement in scientific domains than for correlations between intelligence scores and creative achievement in the arts and everyday creativity. No signs of publication bias were found. We discuss theoretical implications and provide recommendations for future studies.

Keywords: creative achievement; intelligence; meta-analysis.