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Soma Chaudhuri; Alan Pickering; Joydeep Bhattacharya – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
The comprehension and appreciation of poetry are inherently subjective, involving both creativity and aesthetic appeal. However, do these assessments of aesthetics and creativity rely on identical criteria, or do they vary depending on underlying factors? We addressed this question in this study. Participants (N = 96) evaluated 25 English poems…
Descriptors: Poetry, Creativity, Aesthetics, Students
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Ivcevic, Zorana; Hoffmann, Jessica D. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2022
In a sample of high school students (preliminary study: N = 224; main study: N = 235 and 194 at two time points in the beginning and the end of the school year), we developed and tested a self-report measure of attitudes toward creativity. Exploratory factor analyses identified and replicated one factor of positive attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Creativity, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment
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Sun, Cuicui; Zhou, Zhijin; Yu, Quanlei; Gong, Shaoying; Yi, Liu; Cao, Yang – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The present study explores the effect of perceived teacher support on three forms of thinking related to creativity. Tests of convergent thinking (by means of the Remote Associates Test), insight thinking (explored through a brain-teaser test), and divergent thinking (by means of a verbal creativity test) were given to 512 middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Influence, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students