The interface between the students’ personality traits and the components of perceived creativity

Personality traits are the strongest predictors of creative achievements. Research objective: to investigate the distinctive features of creativity and personality traits of Lithuanian higher school students and identify their interfaces. Comparative analysis of the estimates of components of students’ creativity and personality traits was carried out using a table of values from Student's t criteria. The analysis of estimates of the interfaces between the components of students’ creativity and personality traits is provided when using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Research methodologies: NEO FFI questionnaire (NEO Five Factor Inventory, Costa, Mc.Crae, 1992) was used to identify the student's personality traits delineated by these scales: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness. The student's creativity was explored using the Personality creativity questionnaire (Петрулис, 1988) and following these sub- scales of creativity: intuition, fantasy, prone to creativity and innovation, flexibility, originality, criticism, inversiveness and childishness. Research results will have an enduring value in discussions on the interface between the student's personality traits and the expression of components of perceived creativity, their practical significance for higher schools in developing the learner's creativity and improving the quality of studiesVilniaus kolegijaVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij