Measured intelligence, achievement, openness to experience, and creativity

Harris (2004) studied measured intelligence, achievement, openness to experience, and creativity. He tried to answer the question, are personality traits related to intelligence? This question is addressed in an in-depth examination of the correlations between, and factor structure of, measured intelligence and personality scales chosen to measure the dimensions of Openness and need for Achievement. Participants (203 adult men and 201 adult women) completed four scales of a timed, group administered, intelligence test, 10 personality scales, and a creativity measure. After principal components analysis with direct oblimin rotation, the two personality factors, Openness and Achievement, were found to have small to moderate positive correlations with an intelligence factor (which included the creativity scale), suggesting that intelligence is related to these personality trait dimensions.

Harris, Julie Aitken. (2004). Measured intelligence, achievement, openness to experience, and creativity. Personality and Individual Differences. Vol 36 (4): 913-929