title: Psychological needs underlying the creative process.
abstract: The 25-year follow-up study of the motivation underlying creativity of 10 highly creative women indicated that they create primarily to satisfy inner psychological needs for self-understanding, control, and mastery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychological Services, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ 07601.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cangelosi
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001154:Art; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009042:Motivation; D014956:Writing