The Causal Relationship Between Creativity and Emotional Intelligence Mediated by Humor: A Study among Adolescents

Despite the growing importance of creativity in adolescents, creativity in adolescents is still a neglected discipline. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between creativity and emotional intelligence with mediating of humor in adolescents. In regard to the purpose, this research was Fundamental, and in regard to procedure, it was a correlation study. The study community included all middle and high school ' students of Abbas Abad City in 2019-2020, among them 314(45boys, 269girls) students were selected as samples by available sampling. Research questionnaires included: the Abedi Creativity questionnaire (1993), the Bradbury-Graves Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (2005), and the  Humor Questionnaire(SHQ) (2009).  Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the results.  Findings showed that emotional intelligence on creativity was 0.63 (P <0.001), humor on creativity 0.16 (P <0.002), emotional intelligence on humor 0.50 (001 P <0.05 had a direct effect and the rate of the indirect effect of emotional intelligence on creativity mediated by humor was 0.10 (P <0.05). Therefore, based on the present results, we can understand the importance of the role of humor in the relationship between creativity and emotional intelligence of adolescents, and in this regard, the necessary measures can be used.