Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Behav Brain Funct. 2014 Mar 19;10:9. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-10-9.
One form of meditation intervention, the integrative body-mind training (IBMT) has been shown to improve attention, reduce stress and change self-reports of mood. In this paper we examine whether short-term IBMT can improve performance related to creativity and determine the role that mood may play in such improvement.
Forty Chinese undergraduates were randomly assigned to short-term IBMT group or a relaxation training (RT) control group. Mood and creativity performance were assessed by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) questionnaire respectively.
As predicted, the results indicated that short-term (30 min per day for 7 days) IBMT improved creativity performance on the divergent thinking task, and yielded better emotional regulation than RT. In addition, cross-lagged analysis indicated that both positive and negative affect may influence creativity in IBMT group (not RT group).
Our results suggested that emotion-related creativity-promoting mechanism may be attributed to short-term meditation.
一种冥想干预形式，身心整合训练（IBMT）已被证明可以提高注意力、减轻压力，并改变对情绪的自我报告。在本文中，我们研究了短期的 IBMT 是否可以提高与创造力相关的表现，并确定情绪在这种改善中可能起到的作用。
40 名中国本科生被随机分配到短期身心整合训练组或放松训练（RT）对照组。通过正负面情绪量表（PANAS）和托兰斯创造性思维测验（TTCT）问卷分别评估情绪和创造力表现。
正如预期的那样，结果表明，短期（每天 30 分钟，持续 7 天）IBMT 提高了发散思维任务的创造力表现，并且比 RT 产生了更好的情绪调节。此外，交叉滞后分析表明，积极和消极情绪都可能影响 IBMT 组（而不是 RT 组）的创造力。
我们的结果表明，与情绪相关的创造力促进机制可能归因于短期冥想。
