The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Domain-Specific Creativity: The Mediating Role of Resilience and the Moderating Effects of Gratitude

Creativity incorporates both domain-general and domain-specific ideas. While previous studies have explored the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on creativity in both domains, a consensus has not been reached, and the mechanism is currently unclear. In the present study, we examined which aspec...

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Published in:Journal of intelligence 2022-11, Vol.10 (4), p.115
Main Authors: Tong, Dandan, Kang, Hanxiao, Li, Minghui, Yang, Junyi, Lu, Peng, Xie, Xiaochun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement tests
Analysis
Cognitive ability
College students
Creativity
domain-general creativity
domain-specific creativity
Emotional intelligence
Emotions
gratitude
Hypotheses
Mayer, John D
Mediation
Personality
Personality traits
resilience
Teenagers
University students
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Summary:Creativity incorporates both domain-general and domain-specific ideas. While previous studies have explored the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on creativity in both domains, a consensus has not been reached, and the mechanism is currently unclear. In the present study, we examined which aspect of creativity EI was most strongly associated with in a group of undergraduates. Moreover, we explored the moderated mediation effect between EI and domain-specific creativity. In Study 1, 532 undergraduates completed questionnaires measuring EI, convergent and divergent creative thinking, and creative achievement. The results revealed that the most reliable positive correlations were between EI and domain-specific creativity. In Study 2, 926 undergraduates completed measurements of EI, resilience, gratitude, and creative achievement. The results revealed that resilience mediates the relationship between EI and creative achievement. Furthermore, gratitude moderated the indirect effect of EI on creative achievement through resilience. The indirect effect of EI on creative achievement was stronger for high-gratitude individuals than for low-gratitude individuals. This orientation and other results are discussed. Overall, our findings add further nuance to the relationship between EI and creativity in different domains. This study serves as a basis for other contributions aligned with these concepts.
ISSN:2079-3200
2079-3200
DOI:10.3390/jintelligence10040115