RecordNumber
1757
Author
Byrge, Christian
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Christian Byrge, Chaoying Tang
Title of Article
Embodied creativity training: Effects on creative self-efficacyand creative production
Title Of Journal
Thinking Skills and Creativity
PublishInfo
Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Publication Year
2015
Volum
16
Issue Number
18711871
Page
51-61
Keywords
Creativity training , Creative self-efficacy , Enhancing creativity , Teaching creativity , Developing creativity
Abstract
This paper presents a study on the effect of a new program of embodied creativity trainingon the trainees’ creative self-efficacy and creative production. In the training program 180trainees were trained for 39 h over a period of nine weeks. Trainee’s creative self-efficacyand creative production (originality, elaboration and fluency) were tested pre and postof the training. One month after the program finished, representatives of trainees and alltrainers were interviewed in order to develop a qualitative understanding of the effects andpotential improvements of the training program. The results show a significant increase increative self-efficacy as well as in creative production. Implications for embodied creativitytraining are discussed
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