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Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice

Current literature suggests that stress influences creativity, however further research is required concerning this relationship with a focus on education. Current views are clearly divided on whether any negative effects on creativity are more dictated by environmental stressors or the reactions of...

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Main Authors: John McCardle, Samuel Dempsey, Max Humberstone
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/37383
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Samuel Dempsey
Max Humberstone
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Max Humberstone
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description Current literature suggests that stress influences creativity, however further research is required concerning this relationship with a focus on education. Current views are clearly divided on whether any negative effects on creativity are more dictated by environmental stressors or the reactions of individuals whilst under stress. For this study, participants completed a questionnaire comprising of a perceived stress scale and thematic questions, to give an indication of whether they were more influenced by environmental stressors or their individual reactions to stress. Two Torrance tests of creativity were conducted to assess creativity over a two-week period as time pressures increased. The results suggested that participants who identified as being more affected by their own negative reactions to stress displayed a lower calibre of creativity when time-pressure increased, whereas the participants who were suggested to be more influenced by their environment remained at a relatively constant perceived level of creativity.
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spelling rr-article-93522862019-01-01T00:00:00Z Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice John McCardle (1253031) Samuel Dempsey (7155323) Max Humberstone (7155326) Design not elsewhere classified Creativity Stress Environment Reactive Industrial design Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified Current literature suggests that stress influences creativity, however further research is required concerning this relationship with a focus on education. Current views are clearly divided on whether any negative effects on creativity are more dictated by environmental stressors or the reactions of individuals whilst under stress. For this study, participants completed a questionnaire comprising of a perceived stress scale and thematic questions, to give an indication of whether they were more influenced by environmental stressors or their individual reactions to stress. Two Torrance tests of creativity were conducted to assess creativity over a two-week period as time pressures increased. The results suggested that participants who identified as being more affected by their own negative reactions to stress displayed a lower calibre of creativity when time-pressure increased, whereas the participants who were suggested to be more influenced by their environment remained at a relatively constant perceived level of creativity. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/37383 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Stressors_and_creativity_in_industrial_design_practice/9352286 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
spellingShingle Design not elsewhere classified
Creativity
Stress
Environment
Reactive
Industrial design
Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
John McCardle
Samuel Dempsey
Max Humberstone
Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title_full Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title_fullStr Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title_full_unstemmed Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title_short Stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
title_sort stressors and creativity in industrial design practice
topic Design not elsewhere classified
Creativity
Stress
Environment
Reactive
Industrial design
Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/37383