http://hdl.handle.net/11320/19840 2026-06-01T16:18:27Z 2026-06-01T16:18:27Z Chen, Bin-Bin http://hdl.handle.net/11320/19886 2026-03-19T13:09:56Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: The Creative Self-Concept as a Mediator Between Openness to Experience and Creative Behaviour Autorzy: Chen, Bin-Bin Abstrakt: This study examined the mediation effect of creative self-concept on the relationship between Openness to Experience and creative behaviours among university students. Participants in the study completed self-report measures of Openness to Experience, creative behaviours and creative self-concept. Structural equation modelling revealed that, as predicted, Openness to Experience was indirectly related to creative behaviours through creative self-concept. Implications for future research and limitations of the present findings are discussed.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Montijo, Monica N. Mouton, Angela R. http://hdl.handle.net/11320/19885 2026-03-19T13:09:40Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Love for Frequent and Low Flow Activities in the United States and India Autorzy: Montijo, Monica N.; Mouton, Angela R. Abstrakt: This study explored how much participants in the United States (US) and India loved activities that are inherently flow producing (Frequent Flow Activities) versus those that are not (Low Flow Activities). Frequent Flow Activities (FFA) typically possess the three antecedents of flow, namely clear and proximate goals, immediate feedback and a perceived balance of challenge and skill. By contrast, Low Flow Activities (LFA) are typically relaxing or enjoyable but not underpinned by these antecedents. In addition, this study explored whether love for FFA/LFA differed by age, gender and nationality, and whether love for FFA/LFA was positively related to various measures of wellbeing. Results indicate that neither age nor gender affected love for FFA/LFA. However, nationality did make a difference, in that Indian but not US participants loved FFA more than LFA. Finally, both FFA/LFA were significantly and positively related to a number of wellbeing measures. Implications and applications are discussed.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Kwaśnik, Marta http://hdl.handle.net/11320/19884 2026-03-19T13:09:24Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: From Big Bang to Big Gap? Potential Links Between Agency-Communion Orientation and Perception of Creativity in Computer Science Autorzy: Kwaśnik, Marta Abstrakt: This study provides preliminary data on the dynamic role of participants’ agency-communion orientation in their perception of fictional students’ agency, communion and creativity, depending on descriptions of stereotypical and unstereotypical traits and behaviours. I propose that a stereotypically masculine description (i.e. more agentic) will boost the male’s - but not the female’s - perceived creativity. Polish students majoring in computer science (N = 108) read short stories about male and female interns at an IT company. Participants assessed the interns’ agency, communion and creativity. The results demonstrated that the image of the agentic man as well as the participants’ agentic-orientation are significant predictors of a male’s perceived creativity. The findings are discussed in terms of the gender-based nature of the agency-communion concept.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Gruner, Daniel T. http://hdl.handle.net/11320/19880 2026-03-19T11:58:28Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: New Digital Media and Flow: A Study of Experience Autorzy: Gruner, Daniel T. Abstrakt: The burgeoning use of new digital media (NDM) platforms for social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has consistently been associated with out-group prejudice, less prosocial behaviour, less fulfilling friendships, and lower levels of moral reflection, integrity, and subjective wellbeing. But the context of NDM use is often neglected when examining its psychological effects. Moreover, such studies are limited to retrospective accounts and can benefit from examining episodic experiences of flow, boredom, apathy, and anxiety. Drawing on data collected using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), this study assessed the psychological impact of social networking on low and high media users. Participants (N = 65) were signaled six times per day for seven days and asked to respond to brief surveys about subjective momentary experiences. Findings indicated that high media users, on average, reported less positive moods, and also reported being significantly less creative and less energetic each day. Further, high media users reported deriving less meaning from daily activities, and were marginally less satisfied with the overall quality of their week than their low media user counterparts. When comparing all media users across flow quadrants, creativity, meaning, engagement, and energy levels were highest in flow, and substantially decreased across the remaining quadrants. Notably, self reported mood was slightly higher during instances of boredom than flow. However, a more nuanced comparison of these outcomes revealed that high media users reported being marginally more creative and engaged during boredom, thereby identifying differences in how the two groups approached social media.

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