Yao Hao, Fan Yabing, Duan Shifei
Institute of Higher Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
J Intell. 2024 Feb 21;12(3):24. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence12030024.
Creativity is a universal core higher-order cognitive ability in the 21st century, which reflects a country's core competitiveness and soft power. Mindfulness, as an important concept in positive psychology, has also received attention for its potential effect on research creativity. Using structural equation modeling and bootstrap methods, this study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and research creativity among 1210 Chinese graduate students. Additionally, we explored the mediating effect of flow experience and creative self-efficacy in this relationship. The research results showed that mindfulness had a direct positive effect on graduate students' scientific research creativity. The mediating effect of flow experience and creative self-efficacy, as well as the chain mediating effect, were established, with the mediating ratio being 13.1% and 30.0%, respectively, and the indirect effect of chain mediating accounting for 34.1%. Interestingly, the effect mechanism at the gender level was various, with the mediating effect of mindfulness on scientific research creativity being higher among male graduate students. The results of this study revealed the mechanism of mindfulness on graduate students' scientific research creativity, offering valuable insights for enhancing their creative capabilities in the realm of scientific research.
创造力是21世纪一种普遍的核心高阶认知能力，它反映了一个国家的核心竞争力和软实力。正念作为积极心理学中的一个重要概念，因其对研究创造力的潜在影响也受到了关注。本研究采用结构方程模型和Bootstrap方法，对1210名中国研究生的正念与研究创造力之间的关系进行了调查。此外，我们还探讨了心流体验和创造性自我效能感在这种关系中的中介作用。研究结果表明，正念对研究生的科研创造力有直接的正向影响。心流体验和创造性自我效能感的中介作用以及链式中介作用均得到证实，中介效应比例分别为13.1%和30.0%，链式中介的间接效应占34.1%。有趣的是，性别层面的作用机制各不相同，正念对科研创造力的中介作用在男研究生中更高。本研究结果揭示了正念对研究生科研创造力的作用机制，为提高他们在科研领域的创造能力提供了有价值的见解。
