| Title |
The Link Between Bipolar Disorders and Creativity: Evidence from Personality and Temperament Studies
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Psychiatry Reports, October 2010
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s11920-010-0159-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shefali Srivastava, Terence A. Ketter |
| Abstract |
Although extensive literature supports connections between bipolar disorder and creativity, possible mechanisms underlying such relationships are only beginning to emerge. Herein we review evidence supporting one such possible mechanism, namely that personality/temperament contribute to enhanced creativity in individuals with bipolar disorder, a theory supported by studies showing that certain personality/temperamental traits are not only common to bipolar disorder patients and creative individuals but also correlate with measures of creativity. Thus, we suggest based on studies using three important personality/temperament measures-the Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness Personality Inventory (NEO); the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); and the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A)-that changeable (increased TEMPS-A-cyclothymia) and at times negative (increased NEO-neuroticism) affect and open-minded (increased NEO-openness) and intuitive (increased MBTI-intuition) cognition may contribute importantly to enhanced creativity in individuals with bipolar disorder. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 19% |
| Researcher | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 8% |
| Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 24% |
| Unknown | 21 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 31 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 18% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Philosophy | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 November 2022.
All research outputs
#6,258,798
of 23,153,849 outputs
Outputs from Current Psychiatry Reports
#533
of 1,205 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,494
of 100,202 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Psychiatry Reports
#4
of 6 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,153,849 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,205 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 18.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 55% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 100,202 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 6 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than 2 of them.