The Relations Among Creative Cognitive Style, Creative Personality, and Creative Thinking

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the relations between creative cognitive style, creative personality and creative thinking. 315 junior middle school students completed the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), Williams Prefer Measurement Forms (WPMF) and Torrance Tests of Creativity Thinking (TTCT) to measure their creative cognitive style, creative personality and creative thinking. The correlation analysis showed that, Efficiency and Rule of creative cognitive style correlated negatively with creative thinking, but Risk-taking, Curiosity and Challenging of creative personality correlated positively with creative thinking. The regression analysis showed that Originality and Efficiency of creative cognitive style predicted positively and negatively creative thinking, Curiosity of creative personality predicted positively creative thinking and creative personality played a completely mediating role in the relation between creative cognitive style and creative thinking. SEM indicated that Originality (positively) and Rule (negatively) predicted indirectly creative thinking through creative personality. In conclusion, innovative cognitive style predicted positively creative thinking, but adaptive cognitive style predicted negatively creative thinking. Creative personality predicted positively creative thinking. Creative personality partly played the mediator role in the relations between creative cognitive style and creative thinking. In other words, Originality promoted creative thinking through creative personality and Rule inhibited creative thinking through creative personality.

Key words: creative cognitive style, creative personality, creative thinking

摘要： 对315名初中生施测Kirton适应–创新认知风格问卷、Williams创造性倾向量表和Torrance创造性思维测验任务，以考察创造性认知风格、创造性人格与创造性思维之间的关系。相关分析表明，在创造性认知风格中，效率性、规则性均与创造性思维呈显著负相关；在创造性人格中，冒险性、好奇心及挑战性均与创造性思维显著正相关。回归分析进一步表明，在创造性认知风格中，创新性、效率性分别正向、负向预测创造性思维，在创造性人格中，好奇心正向预测创造性思维；对回归系数的逐步检验发现，创新性维度通过创造性人格而对创造性思维具有间接的积极影响。结构方程模型结果则显示，创新性维度、规则性维度以创造性人格为中介分别对创造性思维发生间接的积极、消极影响。可见，创新认知风格有利于创造性思维，而适应认知风格不利于创造性思维；创造性人格有利于创造性思维；创造性人格在创造性认知风格与创造性思维之间具有一定的中介作用，创新性认知风格通过创造性人格而促进创造性思维，规则性认知风格通过创造性人格而抑制创造性思维。

关键词: 创造性认知风格, 创造性人格, 创造性思维

CLC Number:

B848

ZHANG Hongjia, WANG Ling, ZHANG Min. The Relations Among Creative Cognitive Style, Creative Personality, and Creative Thinking[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2018, 16(1): 51-57.

张洪家, 汪玲, 张敏. 创造性认知风格、创造性人格与创造性思维的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2018, 16(1): 51-57.

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