In a study of personality style, relationships between dogmatism, creativity and complexity were examined for 108 undergraduates. The finding of a significant negative r (—0.25) between dogmatism and creativity corroborated theory concerning open-mindedness and creativity. Dogmatism and complexity were also correlated (—0.17).
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