Considering creativity as a novel-and-useful performance outcome, this study explored the predictive effects
of cognitive abilities (i.e., divergent thinking, intellectual aptitude as indicated by SAT scores) and Big Five
personality traits on creativity and its two aspects (i.e., novelty and usefulness) in addition to the intercorrelations
between creativity, novelty, and usefulness in a Minecraft building task. Regression analyses based on a
college student sample (N = 285) revealed that Minecraft creativity was predicted by divergent thinking (b =
.16, p , .01), SAT scores (b = .27, p , .001), and Openness to Experience (b = .23, p , .001), supporting
the standing beliefs regarding individual antecedents of creativity. Such personal characteristics however, had
different predictive effects on the two components of creativity, in that novelty was predicted by divergent
thinking (b = .14, p , .01), SAT scores (b = .13, p , .01), and Openness to Experience (b = .27, p , .001)
whereas usefulness was predicted by Openness to Experience only (b = .14, p , .01). In terms of the intercorrelations
among creativity and its two subdimensions, novelty and usefulness were found to be highly correlated
with each other (r = .72, p , .001) and were also both highly related to creativity (rnovelty-creativity =
.89, p , .001, and rusefulness-creativity = .65, p , .001, respectively). Implications of these results, several key
avenues for future research, and study limitations are discussed.