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Date of Award
9-25-2017
Document Type
Thesis-ISU Access Only
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Department of Psychology: Clinical-Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Jeffrey Kahn
Abstract
This thesis reports the results of a quantitative project that investigated rumination, depressive symptoms, and personality factors as possible predictors of different styles of creative achievement. This research project also focused on different measures of rumination and their respective validity. Participants were undergraduate students at a Midwest university who agreed to participate completed an internet survey.
Two hundred students participated in the survey, and the results were tested using multiple regression analyses with SPSS. The results showed that one of the rumination measures showed acceptable discriminant and convergent validity, whereas a similar measure failed to show discriminant validity and had an unacceptable level of method bias. Further, the results showed that both styles of rumination tested failed to predict any type of creative achievement. In addition, current level of depressive symptoms was not associated with any creative achievement, whereas openness to experience significantly predicted one of the creative achievement measures.
Recommended Citation
Willard, Ryan Michael, "Rumination and Depressive Psychopathology as Predictors of Creative Achievement" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 817.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/817
DOI
http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2017.Willard.R
Page Count
81
Comments
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