Assessing Everyday Creativity: Characteristics of the Lifetime Creativity Scales and Validation With Three Large Samples

A new research tool, the Lifetime Creativity Scales (LCS), is presented, along with validation evidence based on three personally interviewed, independent samples totalling 541 subjects. The LCS provide broad-based assessment of original activity at work and leisure, without the requirement that act...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1988-03, Vol.54 (3), p.476-485
Main Authors: Richards, Ruth, Kinney, Dennis K, Benet, Maria, Merzel, Ann P. C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition. Intelligence
Construct Validity
Creativity Assessment
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Statistical Validity
Test Reliability
Test Validity
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Summary:A new research tool, the Lifetime Creativity Scales (LCS), is presented, along with validation evidence based on three personally interviewed, independent samples totalling 541 subjects. The LCS provide broad-based assessment of original activity at work and leisure, without the requirement that activities be socially recognized or limited to particular fields of endeavor. The LCS therefore allow study of everyday creativity in unselected populations, and they open up new research possibilities. The scales show high interrater reliability and multiple indications of construct validity. Findings with the validation samples raise interesting questions, including the relationship between vocational and avocational creativity.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.54.3.476