Landgraf, S.Ilinykh, A.Haller, C.S.Shemelina, O.Cropley, D.von Treskow, I.Razumnikova, O.M.Kutscher, T.Van der Meer, E.2025-12-172025-12-172015International journal of creativity and problem solving, 2015; 25(1):35-601598-723Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/111876This study investigates the impact of cultural background on creativity and schizotypy. Verbal and figural creativity, as well as schizotypal personality traits were assessed in 45 German and 46 Russian individuals. First, while Russian women scored higher on creative abilities than German women, German men scored higher than Russian men. Second, Germans compared to Russians showed higher “innovative capacities”, that is, product-oriented creativity. Third, ‘negative’ schizotypy predicted “innovative capacities”, and this effect was mediated by culture. These results suggest that the construct validity of creativity and schizotypy, as well as their association may be culture-specific. Thus, cultural backgrounds may contribute to labeling behavior as socially acceptable, e.g., creative, or psychopathological, e.g., schizotypal.en2015 Copyright Korean Association for Thinking DevelopmentcreativityschizotypygendercultureGermanyRussiainnovative capacitiesgenerative capacitiesJournal article