Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Kampar 31900, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 19;19(18):11841. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811841.
The literature has consistently shown that social support has a positive relationship with creativity. However, further investigation is needed to clarify the causal relationship between the two constructs. The present study addressed this need by exploring the impact of experimentally induced perceived social support on creativity among young adults. A total of 135 undergraduate students in Malaysia participated in an online experiment. All participants first answered the creative self-efficacy scale and were then randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups. Perceived social support was primed by a writing test and measured by the Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Social Support. Both groups also answered a divergent thinking test (measured for fluency, flexibility, and originality) and a self-rated creativity scale. Multivariate analysis of covariance showed that, after statistically controlling for the effect of creative self-efficacy, participants in the experimental group reported higher scores in perceived social support and all creativity measures than their counterparts in the control group. The results demonstrated that the manipulation is effective and the induced perceived social support leads to higher creativity. Our findings not only offer empirical evidence of the causality of social support and creativity but also has practical value for creativity development.
文献一致表明，社会支持与创造力呈正相关。然而，需要进一步的调查来澄清这两个结构之间的因果关系。本研究通过探讨实验诱导的感知社会支持对年轻成年人创造力的影响来满足这一需求。马来西亚共有 135 名大学生参与了一项在线实验。所有参与者首先回答了创造力自我效能感量表，然后被随机分配到实验组和对照组。感知社会支持通过写作测试引发，并通过多维感知社会支持量表进行测量。两组参与者还回答了发散思维测试（用于测量流畅性、灵活性和原创性）和自我评估创造力量表。协方差的多变量分析表明，在统计上控制了创造力自我效能感的影响后，实验组参与者在感知社会支持和所有创造力衡量标准上的得分均高于对照组参与者。结果表明，这种操作是有效的，诱导的感知社会支持会导致更高的创造力。我们的发现不仅提供了社会支持和创造力因果关系的经验证据，而且对创造力发展具有实际价值。
