Performance Incentives, Divergent Thinking Training, and Creative Problem Solving

Huo, Kun

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“…Divergent thinking promotes problem solving because it opens the mental spectrum, involves going beyond obvious, hackneyed, and conventional mental associations, and helps to find ideas of a more remote and unusual character. This link between DT and problem solving is widely contrasted (e.g., Huo, 2020;Runco, 2010;Saleh, 2019). Then, what is happening in our results?…”

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Creativity as a "vaccine" for depressed mood: coping and divergent thinking in young adults

Alfonso-Benlliure

Meléndez

2022

An. psicol.

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The depressed mood has more and more presence in our current society. It is urgent to explore ways not only to deal with depressed mood but also to prevent it. Divergent thinking could be useful in such prevention. Certain coping strategies could mediate the relationship between divergent thinking and depressed mood. Two are the most feasible ways of connection: active problem-focused coping (like problem-solving or positive reappraisal strategies) and decreasing the odds of emotion-focused coping (like negative self-focused coping strategies). The objective of this study is to test a theoretical model that establishes the indirect relationship of divergent thinking on depressed mood. Participants were 135 subjects with ages ranging between 18 and 25 years old. The statistical analysis included structural equations modeling. The initial model led to a final model endorsed by the goodness of fit. Comparative Fit Indices for this model were: CFI = .951, GFI = .960, RMSEA = .067. This model supports a positive relationship between divergent thinking and positive reappraisal and a negative link between this kind of thinking and negative self-focused coping. Both coping strategies are connected to depressed mood. Divergent thinking can facilitate a positive reappraisal that helps to widen youngers’ repertoire of options. It can also reduce the probability of focusing on immediate and uncontrolled emotional expression, feelings of helplessness, and resignation. In one form or another, divergent thinking can promote coping strategies that can serve as a prophylaxis for hopelessness in young adults that is generally related to depressed mood. El estado de ánimo deprimido es cada vez más frecuente en nuestra sociedad. Es urgente no solo explorar cómo tratar este problema sino, sobre todo, cómo prevenirlo. El pensamiento divergente puede ser útil para esa prevención. La relación entre el pensamiento divergente y el estado de ánimo depresivo en adultos jóvenes podría estar mediada por las estrategias de afrontamiento. Dos podrían ser las formas más factibles de conexión: un afrontamiento activo centrado en el problema (como la resolución de problemas o estrategias de reevaluación positivas) y la erradicación de un afrontamiento centrado en las emociones (como las estrategias de afrontamiento negativas centradas en uno mismo). El objetivo de este estudio es probar un modelo teórico que establece una relación indirecta del pensamiento divergente sobre el estado de ánimo depresivo. Los participantes fueron 135 sujetos con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y los 25 años. El análisis estadístico incluyó un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales. Los índices de ajuste para este modelo fueron: CFI = .951, GFI = .960, RMSEA = .067. El modelo inicial condujo a uno final avalado por su bondad del ajuste. Este modelo confirma una relación positiva entre pensamiento divergente y reevaluación positiva y un vínculo negativo entre este tipo de pensamiento y la autofocalización negativa. Ambas estrategias de afrontamiento están relacionadas con el estado de ánimo deprimido. El pensamiento divergente puede facilitar una reevaluación positiva que ayude a ampliar el repertorio de opciones en los jóvenes. También puede reducir la probabilidad de centrarse en la expresión emocional inmediata y descontrolada, los sentimientos de impotencia y resignación. De una forma u otra, el pensamiento divergente puede promover estrategias de afrontamiento que pueden servir como profilaxis para la desesperanza en adultos jóvenes que generalmente está relacionada con el estado de ánimo depresivo.

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Creativity as a "vaccine" for depressed mood: coping and divergent thinking in young adults

Alfonso-Benlliure

Meléndez

2022

An. psicol.

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“…Furthermore, we inferred that if path searching in the problem space was needed in the process of problem solving (e.g., divergent problem solving), solving such problems could be related to spatial abilities. The typical divergent problems were the alternative uses task, and to solve such problems, the participants must think of as many alternative uses of a common object as possible, such as a brick (Duan et al, 2020; Huo, 2020; Jones et al, 2011). Previous studies have shown that spatial abilities are also closely associated with divergent problem solving (Liberman et al, 2012; Palmiero & Srinivasan, 2015).…”

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Spatial abilities associated with open math problem solving

Wang

Cao

Zhou

et al. 2022

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Open math problem solving is critical to help students deepen the understanding and promote transfer of mathematics knowledge. However, the cognitive mechanism for open math problem solving, particularly the role of spatial abilities, has not been paid enough attention. This study recruited 192 junior middle school students (14.30 ± 0.48 years old). Results showed that both spatial visualisation (measured by paper folding) and spatial working memory (measured by spatial 2‐back) significantly associated with open math problem solving with controlled variables including age, sex, nonverbal matrix reasoning, and arithmetic principles. Moreover, spatial working memory was more associated with easy open math problem solving, while spatial visualisation more associated with difficult open math problem solving. These findings suggested that as the difficulty of open math problems increased, the construction of problem space mattered more than retaining and updating problem space in open math problem solving.

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Does organizational innovation facilitate product innovation? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms

Lee,

Jung

2024

Eurasian Bus Rev

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Performance Incentives, Divergent Thinking Training, and Creative Problem Solving

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Creativity as a "vaccine" for depressed mood: coping and divergent thinking in young adults

Creativity as a "vaccine" for depressed mood: coping and divergent thinking in young adults

Spatial abilities associated with open math problem solving

Does organizational innovation facilitate product innovation? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms

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