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March L To¹, Cynthia D Fisher, Neal M Ashkanasy

¹The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The Journal of Applied Psychology

|November 2, 2011

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Activating moods, both positive and negative, enhance creative process engagement (CPE). However, deactivating moods hinder creativity. Individual differences in goal orientation and support further influence these mood-creativity relationships.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Cognitive Science

Background:

Mood valence (positive/negative) and activation (high/low) are key to understanding creativity.
Previous research on mood and creativity often overlooks mood activation, leading to inconsistent findings.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the concurrent and lagged effects of mood valence and activation on creative process engagement (CPE).
To examine how individual differences in goal orientation and supervisory support moderate mood-CPE relationships.

Main Methods:

Experience sampling methodology used to track mood and CPE over time in individuals working on creative projects.
Analysis of within-person relationships between mood states and CPE, considering moderators.

Main Results:

Activating moods (positive and negative) were positively linked to concurrent CPE; deactivating moods were negatively linked.
Activating negative mood showed a lagged effect on CPE, unlike activating positive mood.
Activating positive mood's association with CPE was stronger with high learning goal orientation and when both prove goal orientation and supervisory support were high.

Conclusions:

Mood activation plays a crucial role in creativity, independent of valence.
Specific combinations of activating moods, goal orientations, and supervisory support can optimize creative process engagement.