Psychometric Characteristics of the CREA in an English Speaking Population

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  • Maria M. Clapham
  • Ryan King
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Titulo: Características psicométricas del CREA en una población de idioma inglés Resumen: Esta investigación examinó la fiabilidad y validez del CREA, una medida española de pensamiento divergente, en una población de idioma inglés. Los datos se obtuvieron durante dos años. En el primer año, las tres pruebas del CREA, los Torrance Tests de Creatividad (TTCT) Verbal y Figurativo, el inventario How Do You Think? (HDYT), el Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS), y el NEO fueron completados por una muestra estadounidense de estudiantes universitarios en dos sesiones. En el segundo año, las tres pruebas del CREA, los Torrance Tests de Creatividad Verbal y Figurativa, y el NEO fueron completados por una muestra de la misma población durante una sesion. Puntuaciones del CREA mostraron coeficientes de equivalencia altas y coeficientes de estabilidad moderadamente bajas. Tenían correlaciones significativas con puntuaciones globales en los TTCT Verbal y Figurativo sin excepción, y mostraron algunas correlaciones significativas pero bajas con inventarios biográficos y extraversion, y ninguna asociación con puntuaciones de rendimiento académico. Los resultados demostraron validez convergente del CREA con el TTCT, y validez divergente con medidas de otros constructos, sosteniendo así el uso del CREA como medida de pensamiento divergente. Palabras clave: CREA; inteligencia creativa; creatividad; pensamiento divergente; valoración; validez; fiabilidad. Abstract: This study examined the reliability and validity of the CREA, a Spanish measure of divergent thinking, in an English speaking population. Data were collected across two years. During the first year, three forms of the CREA as well as the Verbal and Figural Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), the How Do You Think? (HDYT) inventory, the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS), and the NEO were completed by a sample of United States college students across two sessions. In the second year, three forms of the CREA, the Verbal and Figural Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), and the NEO were completed by a sample of the same population during one session. CREA scores showed strong alternate form but moderately weak test-retest reliability. They correlated significantly and consistently with overall Verbal and Figural TTCT scores, and showed some significant but weak correlations with biographical inventory and extraversion scores, and no association with academic achievement scores. Results demonstrated convergent validity of the CREA with the TTCT, and discriminant validity with measures of other constructs, thus supporting the use of the CREA as a divergent thinking measure.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011