Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale

Kashdan, Todd B.; Stiksma, Melissa C.; Disabato, David J.; McKnight, Patrick E.; Bekier, John; Kaji, Joel; Lazarus, Rachel C.

doi:10.1037/t74232-000

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“…Importantly, it is through consistently acting on curious feelings that high trait curiosity is theorized to build competencies and, in turn, promote well-being (16). The time-varying nature of curiosity, especially its transience, has been long-noted (2) and daily (or finer timescale) fluctuations in curiosity and their implications for the day-to-day engagement in growth-oriented behaviors are increasingly the subject of scientific investigation (1,17,18).…”

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Inconsistent curiosity: Augmentation and blunting of curiosity in daily life and implications for well-being

Lydon‐Staley¹,

Zurn²,

Ds³

2018

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Curiosity promotes focused engagement in novel and challenging situations and the accruement of resources that promote well-being. A critical open question is the extent to which curiosity lability, the degree to which curiosity fluctuates over short timescales, impacts well-being. We use data from a 21-day daily diary protocol as well as trait measures collected prior to the daily diary in 167 participants (mean age = 25.37 years, SD = 7.34) to test (i) the importance of curiosity lability for depression, flourishing, and life satisfaction, (ii) day-to-day associations among curiosity and happiness, depressed mood, anxiety, and physical activity, and (iii) the extent to which day’s mood acts as a mediator between day’s physical activity and day’s curiosity. Regression analyses indicate positive associations among curiosity lability and depression, as well as negative associations among curiosity lability and life satisfaction, above and beyond trait curiosity. No evidence for an association between curiosity lability and flourishing emerge when controlling for trait curiosity. Multilevel model results indicate that curiosity is higher on days of greater happiness and physical activity, and that curiosity is lower on days of greater depressed mood. We observe no association between curiosity and anxiety. Multilevel mediation models indicate evidence consistent with day’s depressed mood and happiness as mediators between physical activity and curiosity. In sum, we find that greater consistency in curiosity is associated with well-being, identify several sources of augmentation and blunting of curiosity in daily life, and provide support for purported mechanisms linking physical activity to curiosity via mood.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inconsistent curiosity: Augmentation and blunting of curiosity in daily life and implications for well-being

Lydon‐Staley¹,

Zurn²,

Ds³

2018

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“…As in prior studies, Kashdan et al (2018, p. 130) define curiosity as “the recognition, pursuit, and desire to explore novel, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous events.” Kashdan et al integrated five conceptualizations of curiosity (see later) by creating a comprehensive multidimensional trait measure. With two community samples and one MTurk sample, Kashdan and collaborators (Kashdan, Stiksma, et al, 2018, p. 134) created and validated the 5DC, consisting of the following dimensions (see Table 1a): (a) joyous exploration, defined as pure enjoyment of novel stimuli (e.g., “I find it fascinating to learn new information”); (b) deprivation sensitivity, or the need to reduce the gap produced by lack of information (e.g., “I can spend hours on a single problem because I just can't rest without knowing the answer”); (c) stress tolerance, or managing the distress that arises with unfamiliar stimuli (e.g., “I cannot handle the stress that comes from entering uncertain situations” reversed score); (d) thrill seeking, defined as passion for adventure (e.g., “Risk‐taking is exciting to me”); and (e) social curiosity, or interest in the lives of others (e.g., “I like finding out why people behave the way they do”).…”

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“…No sub‐group differences discussed based on overall score or sub‐dimensions. Cluster analysis of subscale responses showed significant differences between curiosity clusters based on gender, age, race, and many other characteristics (Kashdan, Disabato, et al, 2018, pp. 143–144).…”

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“…The importance of Berlyne's theoretical conceptualization also appears in the work of Kashdan and collaborators, who built five measures of curiosity over the past 15 years: (a) the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory (CEI; Kashdan et al, 2004), (b) the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory II (CEI‐II; Kashdan et al, 2009), (c) the Five‐Dimensional Curiosity Scale (5DC; Kashdan, Stiksma, et al, 2018), (d) the 5DC Revised (5DCR, Kashdan, Disabato, et al, 2020), and (e) the Multidimensional Workplace Curiosity Scale (Kashdan, Goodman, et al, 2020). In the 5DC, Kashdan, Disabato, et al (2018) capture the current curiosity conceptualizations that exist in the literature integrating them into one multidimensional measure. This measure takes into consideration a view of curiosity as thrill seeking (Zuckerman, 1979, 1994), stress tolerance (Silvia, 2008), deprivation sensitivity (Loewenstein, 1994), joyous exploration (Kashdan & Silvia, 2009), and social curiosity (Litman & Pezzo, 2007; Renner, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Of particular interest to adverse impact considerations, Table 2a shows differences in clusters as a function of gender, age, and race (cf. Kashdan, Disabato, et al, 2018, tab. 7).…”

Section: General Domain Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Measures of curiosity: A literature review

Wagstaff

Flores

Ahmed

et al. 2020

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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We present an assessment of curiosity measures used in organizational and social psychology literature published since the start of this century. We focus on: (a) the validity and reliability of existing measures; (b) the main dimensions tapping the operationalization of the constructs; and (c) the use of each measure in organizational settings. We identify implications of the use of each of these measures for theory and practice in the field of human resource development. Our study concludes with an assessment of the contexts in which the available measures of curiosity may be used and potential challenges in the application of these measures to further the field of human resource development. We find that curiosity measures may be most useful in organizational contexts where learning occurs, including training, socialization, collaboration, research and development, selection, global management, innovation, creativity, and career change.

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Hambley¹

2020

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research

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The last decade has seen an explosion of social “neuroscience” within the field of leadership development and organizational consulting—both in the research literature and in popular press. The challenge has been sorting out fact from fiction, determining which elements of the science are most relevant to helping our clients, and then translating that science into practical skills and behaviors. The intent of this article is to highlight those aspects of brain science that are most relevant to our consulting clients by introducing the CONNECT© model—a framework for consultants to identify behaviors and strategies that they can incorporate into a “brain friendly” toolkit for work with clients. This model is an attempt to apply what the science tells us about how people are “wired” to connect with others and what happens cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally when social needs are met or are threatened.

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Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale

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