The Comparison of Mediating Models for Stimulating Imagination with Psychological and Environmental Factors
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: . The present study aimed to compare different mediating models of stimulating imagination for university students (novice creators) who were under demanded to demonstrate highly imaginative and creative capabilities. We invited 876 university students to participate in this study. Using the reliability and validity of research tools to explore the competing models obtained according to literature review, we then suggested the two factors mediating model that was appropriate for novice creators (through inspiration through action and intrinsic motivation as mediators between internal/external factors and two types of imagination). The results displayed: (a) the inherently psychological factors and two types of imagination were closely related. (b) Intrinsic motivation and inspiration through action can play the mediating roles between external/internal influence factors and two types of imagination. (c) The impact of environmental factors on imagination is relatively limited, but two mediators would raise the predictive power. (d) Using this model to stimulate the creators’ imaginations, we should pay attention to how the social climate and negative emotion may carry out a direct negative influence, and guide learners through two mediators to stimulate imagination that would be the more effective inspirational path.
Author: Yuling Hsu
Institution: Tzu Chi University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1957322823