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Psychometric Properties of "Cognition, Emotion and Motivation in Creativity" Scale amoung Students of Islamic Azad University Tehran Central Branch

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Maryam Ashrafi 1
Majid Barzegar 2
Mohammad Reza Yekta 3
Sadigheh Heydari 4
1 Master of Assessment & Measurement, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran.
3 M.Sc. Student of Family Counseling, Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad University of Roodehen, Roodehen, Iran.
4 Phd Student in Assessment & measurement Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran.
10.22034/naes.2021.279691.1113
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric indices of the scale "Interaction between cognition, emotion and motivation in creativity" among students of Azad University of Central Tehran in the academic year of 2019-2020. The tool used was the scale of interaction between cognition, excitement and motivation in creativity (Soroa et al., 2015). The data analysis method was exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results showed that this scale consists of 4 factors (first factor 10.63, second factor 4.06, third factor 1.89, fourth factor 1.76) which together explained 59.91% of the total variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for each subscale as well as the total scale was higher than 0.7. In general, the results showed that the scale has acceptable psychometric indices in the student sample and In general, the results showed that the scale has acceptable psychometric indices in the student sample and the psychological characteristics obtained from this scale have justified its future use to assess individual differences in emotional and motivational creativity.
Keywords
Cognition
Emotion and Motivation in Creativity
Validity
Students of University

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 06 April 2021
  • Revise Date 25 May 2021
  • Accept Date 21 April 2021
  • First Publish Date 21 April 2021
  • Publish Date 22 December 2021