چکیده (انگلیسی):

Debates over whether Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) relates to high levels of
creativity have been hampered by a lack of rigor when defining creativity. The purpose of the
present study was to go beyond the rhetoric by empirically investigating creative personality,
creative self-perception, and cognitive style among 49 ADHD adults. Comparative analysis to
studies of non-ADHD samples revealed distinctive tendencies: A mean group score of 115.71
(SD=18.02) on the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) indicated preferences for
originality, nonconformity, paradigm-breaking, and low efficiency that was over one standard
deviation higher than average non-ADHD population scores. Combined inattentive/hyperactiveimpulsive
subtypes (n=20) scored 124.30 (SD=12.96). Ideator tendencies on Puccio’s FourSight
indicated preferences for generating novel ideas and overlooking details. Adjective Check List
(ACL) scores were slightly elevated on the Domino Creative Personality and Gough Creativity
scales, but more so on the Change scale, indicating a tendency to seek novelty and avoid routine.
Creative self-perception was high, with 85.71% reporting themselves as more creative than
average. Although their dispositions toward originality might benefit creativity, it might be
undermined by their disinclination for effectiveness necessary for full-fledged creativity. Results
may help clinicians distinguish maladaptive ADHD behaviors from concomitant behaviors that
might play a valuable role in creativity.