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Relationship between Divergent Thinking and Intelligence: An Empirical Study of the Threshold Hypothesis with Chinese Children

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
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Title
Relationship between Divergent Thinking and Intelligence: An Empirical Study of the Threshold Hypothesis with Chinese Children
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00254
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Baoguo Shi, Lijing Wang, Jiahui Yang, Mengpin Zhang, Li Xu

Abstract

The threshold hypothesis is a classical and notable explanation for the relationship between creativity and intelligence. However, few empirical examinations of this theory exist, and the results are inconsistent. To test this hypothesis, this study investigated the relationship between divergent thinking (DT) and intelligence with a sample of 568 Chinese children aged between 11 and 13 years old using testing and questionnaire methods. The study focused on the breakpoint of intelligence and the moderation effect of openness on the relationship between intelligence and DT. The findings were as follows: (1) a breakpoint at the intelligence quotient (IQ) of 109.20 when investigating the relationship between either DT fluency or DT flexibility and intelligence. Another breakpoint was detected at the IQ of 116.80 concerning the correlation between originality and intelligence. The breakpoint of the relation between the composite score of creativity and intelligence occurred at the IQ of 110.10. (2) Openness to experience had a moderating effect on the correlation between the indicators of creativity and intelligence under the breakpoint. Above this point, however, the effect was not significant. The results suggested a relationship between DT and intelligence among Chinese children, which conforms to the threshold hypothesis. Besides, it remains necessary to explore the personality factors accounting for individual differences in the relationship between DT and intelligence.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 1%
Unknown 88 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 15%
Student > Bachelor 11 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 10%
Researcher 7 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Other 13 15%
Unknown 31 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 30 34%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Mathematics 3 3%
Arts and Humanities 3 3%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 36 40%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. 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 March 2024.
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#69
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