Abstract A number of creative thinking tests and personality questionnaires were administered to 216 Egyptian males whose mean age was 23.16 yr (±1.54). Product moment correlations between all the test variables were run. Most of the correlations within each area, viz. creativity and personality were statistically significant, but those between the two sets of variables mostly did not differ significantly from zero. Principal component analysis was carried out. Ten principal axes factors were extracted, but only eight could be identified. Correlation ratios were computed between personality variables on the one hand and creativity test scores on the other. Most of the correlations were highly significant. Moderator variable analysis was then carried out and was shown to reveal interaction effects among personality variates in determining creativity test scores.