Individual differences in emotional creativity: Structure and correlates
Individual differences in emotional creativity: Structure and correlates
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-6494.00058
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发表时间：
1999-04-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Averill, JR
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作者：
Averill, JR
在一系列的六项研究中，研究人员使用了一种特殊的个体差异测量方法——情绪创造力量表（ECI），探索了情绪创造力的结构和相关因素。对ECI的分析表明，情绪创造力的三个方面可以从经验和理论上加以区分，即准备（理解和学习自己和他人的情绪），新颖性（体验不寻常情绪的能力）和有效性/真实性（熟练和诚实地表达情绪的技能）。女性在情绪准备和有效性/真实性方面得分高于男性，但在回答的新颖性方面得分低于男性。ECI得分高的人被同龄人认为在情感上更有创造力，这大概是基于日常行为。ECI测量的情绪创造力与其他各种人格变量（包括五大人格特征、神秘主义、自尊、威权主义、控制点、述情障碍和应对方式）之间的联系，以及情绪创造力与先前创伤经历之间的关系，都得到了检验。
The structure and correlates of emotional creativity were explored in a series of six studies, using a specially constructed measure of individual differences-the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI). Analyses of the ECI suggest that three facets of emotional creativity can be distinguished empirically as well as theoretically, namely, preparedness (understanding and learning from one's own and others' emotions), novelty (the ability to experience unusual emotions), and effectiveness/authenticity (the skill to express emotions adroitly and honestly). Women score higher than men on emotional preparedness and effectiveness/authenticity, but not on the novelty of their responses. People who score high on the ECI are considered by their peers to be more emotionally creative, presumably on the basis of everyday behavior. Associations between emotional creativity as measured by the ECI and a variety of other personality variables (including the Big Five personality traits, mysticism, self-esteem, authoritarianism, locus of control, alexithymia, and ways of coping) are examined, as is the relation between emotional creativity and prior traumatic experiences.