by Izabela Lebuda, Darya L. Zabelina, Maciej Karwowski

Summary

This document is a meta-analysis published in the journal "Personality and Individual Differences" that examines the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. The researchers compiled data from 20 studies conducted between 1977 and 2015, finding a statistically significant, albeit relatively weak, positive correlation between these two concepts. Notably, they discovered that the connection was stronger for certain types of mindfulness, particularly the open-monitoring aspect, and also stronger when creativity was assessed using insight tasks rather than divergent thinking tests. The study concludes that while the link exists and may even be causal, different facets of mindfulness appear to influence creative abilities in distinct ways.