“…In previous empirical studies, research on creativity has mainly concentrated on two principal areas: one is associated with individual factors, such as emotional intelligence ( Rodrigues et al, 2019 ), divergent thinking ( Gralewski and Karwowski, 2019 ), openness to experience ( Zhang X. et al, 2020 ), intrinsic motivation ( Zhang X. et al, 2020 ), positive affect ( Rego et al, 2014 ), and autonomous motivation ( Liu et al, 2013 ). Another aspect is related to environmental factors, such as social environments ( Carbajal and Baranauskas, 2020 ), school and family climate ( Niu, 2007 ), cultural background ( Jang, 2017 ), and teacher-student matching ( Wang and Qi, 2020 ). However, until now, it is unclear how individual and situational factors interact in the generation of creative ideas online.…”