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Aerobic Exercise, Emotion, and Creativity: The Moderating Role of Fluid Intelligence
Received date: 2023-11-21
Online published: 2024-05-13
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To delve into the relationship between aerobic exercise and creativity, the daily average aerobic exercise duration of 226 college students and their creativity performance were collected. Additionally, the roles of emotions and fluid intelligence in this relationship were explored. The results showed that: 1) Aerobic exercise could positively predict divergent thinking (uniqueness) and convergent thinking. 2) Negative emotions mediated the relationship between aerobic exercise and divergent thinking (uniqueness) or convergent thinking. 3) Fluid intelligence moderated the latter part of the pathway of the negative emotion mediation effect. The findings provide evidence that aerobic exercise can promote divergent thinking(uniqueness) and convergent thinking of some individuals by alleviating negative emotions. Neither the divergent thinking(uniqueness) of higher fluid intelligence individuals nor the convergent thinking of lower fluid intelligence individuals are affected by negative emotions.
Key words： aerobic exercise; creativity; positive affect; negative affect; fluid intelligence
Yingchun HAN , Linxuan WANG . Aerobic Exercise, Emotion, and Creativity: The Moderating Role of Fluid Intelligence[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024 , 22(1) : 100 -107 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.01.014
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