Understanding the barriers to creativity : maximizing creative potential at work and beyond
Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The present study explores whether rumination on environmental factors has a significant \nimpact on creative behavior. Specifically, we hypothesized that ruminating on factors that \nelicit negative emotions (such as evaluation and powerlessness) will negatively impact \ncreativity, whereas factors that elicit positive emotions (such as support) will positively impact creativity. Participants were recruited from psychology undergraduate courses (.N \n= 302) and completed a short poem writing task before being given a rumination task, \nfollowed by a second poem task. Inconsistent with our hypothesis, no significant \ninteraction between time and condition was found in either the evaluation or support \nconditions. Also inconsistent with our hypothesis, we found a statistically significant \ninteraction between condition and time on creativity scores in the powerlessness \ncondition; however, the interaction was in the opposite direction of our prediction. \nImplications and directions for future research are discussed.
Author: Hayes, Kathleen Campbell
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6987764481