Creativity in Adulthood

Karwowski, Maciej; Wiśniewska, Ewa

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“…In late adolescence and emerging adulthood [see Karwowski and Wiśniewska, ( in press )], people become more aware of their creative abilities and begin to perceive creativity as an essential aspect of the self (Karwowski, 2016 ). They develop creative aspirations, transform them into creative identities, and foster the competencies useful in a particular area of creative activity (Zielińska, 2020 ).…”

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Creative Lockdown? A Daily Diary Study of Creative Activity During Pandemics

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is influencing our lives in an enormous and unprecedented way. Here, we explore COVID-19-lockdown's consequences for creative activity. To this end, we relied on two extensive diary studies. The first, held on March 2019 (pre-pandemic), involved 78 students who reported their emotions and creativity over 2 weeks (927 observations). The second, conducted on March 2020 (during the pandemic and lockdown), involved 235 students who reported on their emotions, creativity, and the intensity of thinking and talking about COVID-19 over a month (5,904 observations). We found that compared with 2019, during the lockdown, students engaged slightly yet statistically significantly more in creative activities. An analysis of diaries collected during the pandemic also showed that the days when students spent more time discussing or searching for information about COVID-19 were characterized by a higher creative activity yet also mixed emotions. We discuss potential explanations of these unexpected results along with future study directions.

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