Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students
The observation and cultivation of university students’ creativity have always been of enormous concern to the Chinese government. The present research delved into the influence of three dimensions of the Chinese thinking style (Interconnection, Change, and Contradiction) on creativity and the media...
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| description | The observation and cultivation of university students’ creativity have always been of enormous concern to the Chinese government. The present research delved into the influence of three dimensions of the Chinese thinking style (Interconnection, Change, and Contradiction) on creativity and the mediating role of psychological adjustment in college students. Specifically, Study 1 investigated the relationship between university students’ thinking styles and creativity through self-reported questionnaires. The results revealed that the thinking style of interconnections had a significant positive effect on creativity among university student groups, while the change dimension significantly negatively affected creativity. The relationship between the dimension of contradiction and creativity did not show significance. Study 2 manipulated thinking style by priming techniques, priming university students’ thinking styles of interconnections (Study 2a) and change (Study 2b), and verified the mediating role of psychological adjustment between thinking styles and creativity. Aside from replicating the findings of Study 1, the results showed that university students’ psychological adjustment mediated the positive effect of interconnections on fluency and the negative effect of change on fluency. These results and findings can provide a theoretical and practical reference for our government to cultivate university students’ creativity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a377b18cdb3412a9bd6c242580e7ee62023-11-19T15:41:00ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-10-01131087510.3390/bs13100875Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College StudentsZheng Liu0Huihui Yu1Minxuan Feng2Yubo Hou3School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaThe observation and cultivation of university students’ creativity have always been of enormous concern to the Chinese government. The present research delved into the influence of three dimensions of the Chinese thinking style (Interconnection, Change, and Contradiction) on creativity and the mediating role of psychological adjustment in college students. Specifically, Study 1 investigated the relationship between university students’ thinking styles and creativity through self-reported questionnaires. The results revealed that the thinking style of interconnections had a significant positive effect on creativity among university student groups, while the change dimension significantly negatively affected creativity. The relationship between the dimension of contradiction and creativity did not show significance. Study 2 manipulated thinking style by priming techniques, priming university students’ thinking styles of interconnections (Study 2a) and change (Study 2b), and verified the mediating role of psychological adjustment between thinking styles and creativity. Aside from replicating the findings of Study 1, the results showed that university students’ psychological adjustment mediated the positive effect of interconnections on fluency and the negative effect of change on fluency. These results and findings can provide a theoretical and practical reference for our government to cultivate university students’ creativity.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/10/875thinking styleholistic thinkingcreativitypsychology adjustmentcollege students |
| spellingShingle | Zheng Liu Huihui Yu Minxuan Feng Yubo Hou Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students Behavioral Sciences thinking style holistic thinking creativity psychology adjustment college students |
| title | Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students |
| title_full | Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students |
| title_fullStr | Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students |
| title_short | Thinking Styles and Creativity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Adjustment in College Students |
| title_sort | thinking styles and creativity the mediating role of psychological adjustment in college students |
| topic | thinking style holistic thinking creativity psychology adjustment college students |
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