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H P Riedel, I A Taylor, W T Melnyk

    Perceptual and Motor Skills
    |June 1, 1983
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    Creative problem-solving did not significantly increase anxiety in students. Trait anxiety remained unaffected by problem-solving tasks, suggesting students may be comfortable with creative challenges.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Cognitive Science

    Background:

    • Anxiety can impact cognitive performance, particularly creative tasks.
    • Understanding the relationship between problem-solving types and anxiety is crucial for educational and psychological interventions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if divergent creative problem-solving tasks induce more anxiety than convergent noncreative or neutral problem-solving tasks.
    • To examine the effect of different problem-solving conditions on state and trait anxiety.

    Main Methods:

    • Undergraduate psychology students were assigned to divergent creative, convergent noncreative, or neutral problem-solving conditions.
    • The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory measured anxiety levels before and after task engagement.

    Main Results:

    • The hypothesis that divergent creative problem-solving would significantly increase state anxiety was not supported.
    • Trait anxiety levels were not significantly affected by any of the problem-solving conditions.
    • Student participants may have exhibited a higher comfort level with divergent problems, mitigating anxiety responses.

    Conclusions:

    • Divergent creative problem-solving does not necessarily increase state anxiety in student populations.
    • Problem-solving task type does not appear to significantly alter trait anxiety.
    • Further research with diverse populations is needed to generalize these findings.

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