Abstract :
Scholars often distinguish everyday creativity and creativity
in more formal domains, such as the arts. However, everyday
creativity has been rather neglected in research. This paper
compares artistic and everyday creativity. Three studies
examine the content of behavior in artistic and everyday creativity,
as well as similarities and differences in their relationships
with personality traits, psychological well-being, and
psychopathology. Typical artistic creativity acts referred to
time investment in the arts, generation of art works, and
achievement in the arts, whereas typical everyday creativity
acts concerned humor and self-expression in daily activities.
Both kinds of creativity were related to openness to experience,
a personality trait described as the disposition towards creativity.
However, artistic creativity was related to higher rates of
psychopathology, while everyday creativity was related to
extraversion, conscientiousness, and personal growth
