No Evidence of Creative Benefit Accompanying Dyslexia: A Meta-Analysis

Erbeli, F (通讯作者),Texas A&M Univ, Dept Educ Psychol, 4225 TAMU, College Stn, TX 77843 USA.
2022-5
Research on the question of creative benefit accompanying dyslexia has produced conflicting findings. In this meta-analysis, we determined summary effects of mean and variance differences in creativity between groups with and without dyslexia. Twenty studies were included (n = 770 individuals with dyslexia, n = 1,671 controls). A random-effects robust variance estimation (RVE) analysis indicated no mean (g = -0.02, p = .84) or variance differences (g = -0.0004, p = .99) in creativity between groups. The mean summary effect was moderated by age, gender, and creativity domain. Compared with adolescents, adults with dyslexia showed an advantage over nondyslexic adults in creativity. In addition, a higher proportion of males in the dyslexia group was associated with poorer performance compared with the controls. Finally, the dyslexia group showed a significant performance disadvantage in verbal versus figural creativity. Regarding variance differences, they varied across age and creativity domains. Compared with adults, adolescents showed smaller variability in the dyslexia group. If the creativity task measured verbal versus figural or combined creativity, then the dyslexia group exhibited smaller variability. Altogether, our results suggest that individuals with dyslexia as a group are no more creative or show greater variability in creativity than peers without dyslexia.
JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
卷号:55|期号:3|页码:242-253
ISSN:0022-2194|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
被引频次(WOS)
5
被引频次(其他)
5
180天使用计数
8
2013以来使用计数
17
EISSN
1538-4780
出版年
2022-5
DOI
10.1177/00222194211010350
学科领域
循证教育学
关键词
compensatory mechanisms creativity dyslexia individual differences meta-analysis
WOS学科分类
Education, Special Rehabilitation