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Leonidas A. Zampetakis – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2024
In the last decade, research on the connection between curiosity and creativity has surged revealing a positive correlation. However, these findings are primarily based on cross-sectional studies, which do not establish the direction of the relationship between creativity and curiosity. Is curiosity the driving force behind creativity, or does…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries
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Selcuk Acar; Emel Cevik; Emily Fesli; Rumeysa Nalan Bozkurt; James C. Kaufman – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2024
Domain-specificity is a topic of debate within the field of creativity. To shed light on this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of cross-domain correlations based on the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (K-DOCS). To evaluate the model fit of one general factor versus two factors that encompass the primary K-DOCS subscales (Scholarly,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Science Education, Meta Analysis, Structural Equation Models
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Forthmann, Boris; Szardenings, Carsten; Dumas, Denis – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The equal odds baseline is a parsimonious model that describes the relationship between quantity and quality of output in scientific creativity. Specifically, it is posited that quality is a linear function of quantity, and therefore, strong positive correlations between these two variables are expected. Strong positive correlations also play a…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Structural Equation Models, Scientific Research, Correlation
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Yuan, Yu-Hsi; Wu, Ming-Hsiung; Hu, Meng-Lei; Lin, I-Chien – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2019
Drawing on Dewey's pragmatic perspective on talent cultivation and previous research on promoting employee creativity in industry, this study investigates student creativity performance in relation to teacher's encouragement, intrinsic motivation, and creative process engagement. Based on survey data collected from 140 vocational high school…
Descriptors: Creativity, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Talent Development
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Carmeli, Abraham; McKay, Alexander S.; Kaufman, James C. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2014
This study examines whether and why emotional intelligence may result in enhanced creativity in the workplace. Using a time-lagged data set collected from employees in three firms, we examined a mediation model where emotional intelligence is indirectly related to creativity serially, through generosity and vigor. The results of structural…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, Employees, Structural Equation Models
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Kalis, Emils; Roke, Liga; Krumina, Indra – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2016
The Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP) is designed as an effective drawing-based instrument for measuring creative potential. Many studies report adaptation efforts in other cultures pointing out good psychometric properties of the instrument nonetheless revealing also some trouble spots. The present study includes adaptation…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Gender Differences
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Karwowski, Maciej; Lebuda, Izabela; Wisniewska, Ewa; Gralewski, Jacek – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine the relation of the Big Five personality factors to two self-concept variables of growing importance in creativity literature: creative self-efficacy (CSE) and creative personal identity (CPI). The analysis, conducted on a large (N = 2674, 49.6% women) and varied-in-age (15-59 years old) nationwide sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Personality Traits, Neurosis, Predictor Variables
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Gralewski, Jacek; Karwowski, Maciej – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine whether, and to what extent, teachers are able to recognize the creativity of their students. The study measured the creative abilities, creative attitude, creative activity, as well as intrinsic motivation, intelligence, and school functioning of 589 Polish high school students, while their teachers (N = 178)…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Creativity, Teacher Attitudes, Student Characteristics
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Chen, Chuansheng; Himsel, Amy; Kasof, Joseph; Greenberger, Ellen; Dmitrieva, Julia – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2006
This study investigated correlates of domain-general and domain-specific components of creativity. 158 college students completed a questionnaire that assessed their motivational and personality traits (i.e., intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, creative personality, and originality in word association) as well as intellectual abilities (SAT verbal…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Structural Equation Models, Incentives
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Plucker, Jonathan A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
The question of whether creativity is content general or content specific is one of the most controversial issues in contemporary creativity research. Recent studies provide support for both positions, but the results of these investigations may be influenced by several factors, including the presence of a method effect (i.e., psychometric vs.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Structural Equation Models, Alternative Assessment, Psychometrics
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Schacter, John; Thum, Yeow Meng; Zifkin, David – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2006
This study examined the relationship between creative teaching and elementary students' achievement gains. Forty-eight upper elementary school teachers' classroom instruction was observed and evaluated over the course of 8 different lessons throughout the year. For each teacher, during each lesson, both a creative teaching frequency score and a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Creativity, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement