Rosa Pedro Joel, Ribeiro Roberto, Nogueira Sara Ibérico
Lusófona University, Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-lab), Lisbon, Portugal. Universidade Lusófona do Porto Lusófona University Lisbon Portugal.
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), Portimão, Portugal. Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT) Portimão Portugal.
Int J Psychol Res (Medellin). 2023 Oct 10;16(2):14-23. doi: 10.21500/20112084.6497. eCollection 2023 Jul-Dec.
The role of affective states on the creative process has been receiving the attention of researchers and has led to contradictory results. Most research in creativity has emphasized the role of affective states, mainly positive ones, on creativity levels, namely those resulting from divergent thinking tasks that reveal the unconventional way of thinking in the creative process. However, there are no studies to date that focus on the impact of affective states on conventional and unconventional thinking, during the same creative process, which consider a single creative assessment task. The aim of this experimental study was to analyze the effect of induced affective states on both conventional and unconventional thinking of creativity in adults by using the TCT-DP (Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production).
Seventy-five university students, mostly female, with a mean age of 26.95 years, were randomly assigned into three affect elicitation conditions (pleasant vs. unpleasant vs. neutral).
Results indicated that the negative affective state led to higher levels of conventional thinking when compared to positive and neutral affective states. However, no significant differences were found on unconventional thinking across the three conditions.
Our results do not support the assumption that the negative affect has a hindering effect on creativity nor the positive affect increases creativity. Negative affect seems to promote conventional thinking, perhaps due to its cognitive correlates, which can be manifested in focusing attention and analytic thinking. Practical and theoretical implications for future research on the role of affective states on creativity are discussed.
情感状态在创作过程中的作用一直受到研究者的关注，且研究结果相互矛盾。大多数关于创造力的研究都强调了情感状态，主要是积极情感状态，对创造力水平的作用，即那些源于发散性思维任务的创造力水平，这些任务揭示了创作过程中非常规的思维方式。然而，迄今为止，尚无研究关注在同一创作过程中，情感状态对常规思维和非常规思维的影响，且这些研究采用的是单一的创造力评估任务。本实验研究的目的是通过使用创造性思维绘画测试（TCT-DP）来分析诱导情感状态对成年人创造力的常规思维和非常规思维的影响。
75名大学生，大多为女性，平均年龄26.95岁，被随机分配到三种情感诱发条件下（愉悦vs.不愉悦vs.中性）。
结果表明，与积极和中性情感状态相比，消极情感状态会导致更高水平的常规思维。然而，在这三种条件下，非常规思维方面未发现显著差异。
我们的研究结果不支持消极情感对创造力有阻碍作用，也不支持积极情感会提高创造力的假设。消极情感似乎会促进常规思维，这可能是由于其认知关联，这种关联可表现为注意力集中和分析性思维。文中讨论了情感状态在创造力方面作用的未来研究的实践和理论意义。
