Relationship between Masculinity-Femininity and Creativity as Measured by the Franck Drawing Completion Test

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that creative Ss share more of the traits commonly associated with the opposite sex than do noncreative Ss. The Franck Drawing Completion Test (FDCT) protocols of 240 high school students, equally divided in terms of sex and creative-versus-control status, were analyzed. The results confirmed the validity of the masculinity-femininity (M-F) scale of the FDCT for adolescents ( p < .001) but did not support the hypothesis. The principal explanation for the latter finding seems to be that the FDCT does not measure those aspects of the M-F variable which creative Ss share with the opposite sex. Previous studies with the FDCT have also confirmed its validity as a measure of M-F but have been unable to specify exactly which aspect of M-F it taps.