Abstract
For further understanding the joint contribution of environment, heredity and gender to creativity, the present research examined the prospective impact of paternal indifference & neglect in early life, TPH1 rs623580, offspring gender, and the interaction effects thereof on creativity in five hundred and thirty-nine unrelated healthy Chinese undergraduate students. Paternal indifference & neglect in early life was assessed on the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and creativity on the Runco Creativity Assessment Battery (rCAB). Two primary findings emerged. Firstly, significant paternal indifference & neglect × TPH1 genotype interaction effects were identified in predicting all three dimensions of creativity (fluency, originality, and flexibility). Paternal indifference & neglect in early life negatively predicted fluency, originality, and flexibility when individuals carry A allele of TPH1 (rs623580). Secondly, there was a significant interaction effect of TPH1 genotype by offspring gender on flexibility. Only in males, individuals who carry A allele were linked with lower level of flexibility compared to TT homozygote individuals. No significant three-way interaction was found. In conclusion, the current findings provided the first preliminary evidence for the moderation effect of TPH1 on the relationship between parenting and creativity, and TPH1- offspring gender interaction on creativity; future studies are needed to validate these findings.
Highlights
Creativity is defined as the capacity for producing something that is both novel and useful [1,2,3]
Based on this review of the literature, the current study aimed to explore the impact of paternal indifference & neglect in early life, TPH1 rs623580, offspring gender, and the interaction effects thereof on creativity in youth
This study aimed to examine the impact of paternal indifference & neglect in early life, TPH1 rs623580, offspring gender, and the interaction effects thereof on creativity in youth
Summary
Creativity is defined as the capacity for producing something that is both novel and useful [1,2,3]. Previous studies have indicated that creativity is the major driving forces behind the progress of civilization [5, 6]. How biological and environmental factors foster or inhibit creativity has long been a subject of great interest for psychologists [7, 8]. Recent advances in molecular genetics have permitted psychologists to explore the underlying genetic basis of creativity, and several genes (e.g. THP1, TPH2) have been reported to associate with creativity [9,10,11]. For the environmental factors, parenting has been one of the most frequently investigated topics due to its crucial role in creativity [12, 13].
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