Creative activity, personality, mental illness, and short-term mating success

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-167

  Beaussart, Melanie L ^a,c   Kaufman, Scott Barry ^b   Kaufman, James C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Evolution; Mating behavior; Mental illness; Neuroticism; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873639837     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.11     Document Type: Article

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