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Validation of the Italian Remote Associate Test

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: problem), towards sets of problems that have more robust psychometric properties, such as the Remote Associate Test (RAT). Because it is homogeneous, compact, quickly solvable, and easy to score, the RAT has been used more frequently in recent creativity studies. We applied the Item Response Theory (IRT) to develop an Italian version of this task. The final 51-item test was reliable (α = .89) and provided information over a wide range of ability levels, as revealed by the IRT analysis. The RAT correlated with five measures of creative performance: The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), three classic insight problems, a set of anagrams purposefully developed, the fluency and flexibility scores of the Alternative Uses Task (AUT), and the Creative Achievements Questionnaire (CAQ). The new measure provided is meant to encourage the study of creativity and problem solving in the Italian language.

Source: The Journal of Creative Behavior

DOI: 10.1002/jocb.345

Authors: Carola Salvi, Giulio Costantini, Adriana Pace, Massimiliano Palmiero

Institutions: Northwestern University, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of L'Aquila, Fondazione Santa Lucia

Language: English

Topic: Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Award: Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition