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ABSTRACT Although the relationship between creativity andADHDis uncertain, recent studies examining how dimensionally assessed characteristics ofADHDrelate to creativity and divergent thinking in adults suggest an occasional positive, linear relationship between the constructs. However, the executive functions proposed to underlie characteristics ofADHDhave not been examined in relation to creativity. This study was conducted to determine how different characteristics ofADHDrelated to executive functioning (as assessed by the BrownADDScales) predict different components of figural divergent thinking, intellectual risk‐taking, and creative self‐efficacy. Undergraduate engineering students (N = 60) completed the BrownADDScales, a figural divergent thinking task, and self‐report measures of intellectual risk‐taking and creative self‐efficacy. A series of multivariate regression models demonstrated that several components of divergent thinking (i.e., fluency, originality, and resistance to closure) were predicted by different characteristics ofADHD. Although fluency was predicted by affect only and originality was predicted by activation only, resistance to closure was predicted by activation, effort, and attention. Additionally, intellectual risk‐taking was predicted by memory, effort, and activation, whereas creative self‐efficacy was predicted by effort. The implications of these results relating to the relationship betweenADHDand creativity, as well as for engineering undergraduate education are discussed.