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Creativity. Theories-Research-Applications

Publication date: 2017-01-01
Pages: 276 - 301
Publisher: University of Białystok - Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

Author:

Metwaly, Sameh
Kyndt, Eva ; Van Den Noortgate, Wim

Keywords:

Creativity measurement, 36 Creative arts and writing, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

The growing body of creativity research has raised several challenging issues with regard to the measurement of this construct. This paper aims to provide a review of current challenging methodological issues related to measuring creativity. Five methodological issues are discussed: selecting measurement instruments, sampling, testing conditions, psychometric properties and domain-generality/specificity of creativity. This paper reveals that there remain a number of unresolved issues and serious questions surrounding the measurement of creativity. Research gaps and suggestions for future research are discussed.