Studies have shown a mean improvement of creative performance following meditation, however, differences
among individuals have been neglected. We examine whether short-term integrative body–mind training
(IBMT), can improve creative performance and seek to determine which people are most likely to benefit. In a
randomized study using short-term IBMT or a control given same amount of relaxation training (30 min/day
for 7 days), mood, personality and creative performanceswere assessed before and after training. The results indicated
that the IBMT group had significantly greater creative performance than the relaxation control. A linear
regression showed that five predictors in pre-tests including depression, anger, fatigue, introversion × vigor,
and emotional stability × vigor accounted for 57% of the variance in the change in creativity before vs. after
IBMT. Mood and personality may be useful tools to predict individual variation in the improvement of creative
performance following meditation training.