The Relationship between Cognitive Ability, Emotional Intelligence and Creativity - Psychology

PSYCH > Vol.7 No.2, February 2016

Psychology

Volume 7, Issue 2 (February 2016)

ISSN Print: 2152-7180 ISSN Online: 2152-7199

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The Relationship between Cognitive Ability, Emotional Intelligence and Creativity ()

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DOI: 10.4236/psych.2016.72021 7,057 Downloads 13,871 Views Citations

Author(s)

Adrian Furnham^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
²Norwegian Business School (BI), Nydalveien, Olso, Norway.

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between IQ, EQ and creativity. In all 158 British adults completed a cognitive ability, creativity and emotional intelligence test. Cognitive ability was positively but not significantly correlated with divergent thinking (creativity) but significantly negatively with both facet and domain emotional intelligence scores.

KEYWORDS

Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Creativity

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Furnham, A. (2016) The Relationship between Cognitive Ability, Emotional Intelligence and Creativity. Psychology, 7, 193-197. doi: 10.4236/psych.2016.72021.

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