Flow, affect and visual creativity

Cseh, Genevieve M.; Phillips, Louise H.; Pearson, David

doi:10.1080/02699931.2014.913553

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“…Flow was also positively and significantly correlated with idea-execution congruence and trait MI vividness (VVIQ scores). Flow was also strongly correlated with PA increase and self-rated creativity, but not related to either objective measure of performance, replicating the previous findings of Cseh et al (2015).…”

Section: Correlations and Mediation Analysessupporting

confidence: 78%

“…To examine how this interacted with increasing cognitive load, participants also carried out either the traditional three-shape-set task (Finke & Slayton, 1988) or an expanded version with five shapes (Barquero & Logie, 1999). Secondary measures of affect change (another measure of subjective experience linked to flow and creating: Akbari Chermahini & Hommel, 2012;Cseh et al, 2015), performance, sense of task difficulty, idea-execution congruence, and MI vividness were also explored.…”

Section: Study Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants completed several pre-and post-task questionnaires and carried out a modified version of Finke & Slayton's (1988) CMST (Cseh et al, 2015). The CMST is a paper-and-pen task that involves participants mentally combining simple sets of Slayton procedure (where sets were presented verbally), workbooks were used here to give uninterrupted concentration time to allow flow to develop.…”

Section: Materials and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants' drawings were then extracted from the workbooks and rated on two (Csíkszentmihályi, 1990(Csíkszentmihályi, /2002 fluency) and transformational complexity (the number of changes the original shape set underwent to form the final construct; this is a count measure of the number of rotations, size changes, and overlaps/embeddings of the shapes in relation to one another and is a measure of mental agility; see Cseh et al, 2015, for full rating procedure and details). The basic rules were the same when calculating the transformational complexity of images produced with either three or five shapes; however, maximum change counts were naturally increased when rating images from the five-shape conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The concept of flow is similar to previous concepts of peak experience (Maslow, 1959;Privette & Bundrick, 1991) and is more commonly referred to as being 'in the zone'. It is believed to have positive consequences in terms of wellbeing and enhancement of performance, however causal directions of these relationships are unclear (Landhäußer & Keller, 2012), and the links are not always supported by empirical evidence (Cseh, Phillips, & Pearson, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mental and perceptual feedback in the development of creative flow

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Sketching is considered by artists and designers to be a vital tool in the creative process. However, research shows that externalisation during the creative process (i.e., sketching) is not necessary to create effectively. This study examines whether sketching may play a more important role in the subjective experience of creativity by facilitating the deeply focused, optimal state of consciousness termed 'flow' (being 'in the zone'). The study additionally explored whether sketching affects flow by easing cognitive load or by providing a clearer sense of self-feedback. Participants carried out the creative mental synthesis task (combining sets of simple shapes into creative drawings), experimentally simulating the visual creative process. Ideas were generated either mentally before committing to a final drawing, or with external perceptual support through sketching, and cognitive load was varied by using either three-or five-shape sets. The sketching condition resulted in greater experience of flow and lower perceived task difficulty. However, cognitive load did not affect flow and there was no interaction between load and sketching conditions. These findings are the first to empirically demonstrate that sketching increases flow experience, and that this is not dependent on an associated reduction in overall working memory load.

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Linking Creativity to Psychological Well‐being: Integrative Insights from the Instrumental Emotion Regulation Theory

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Research has recognized that people regulate their emotions not only for seeking pleasurable experiences but also for receiving instrumental gains. We draw on the theoretical framework of instrumental emotion regulation (IER; Tamir, 2005, 2009) to shed new light on the relationships among creativity, emotion, and psychological well‐being. We outline propositions that explain why there are concurrent creative and well‐being benefits when people experience emotional states that are consistent with their personality trait (e.g., worrisome emotions being consistent with trait neuroticism) even if such trait‐consistent emotions are negative. The IER perspective offers new interpretations of the creativity—well‐being relationship through motivating a more holistic view of emotion regulation and well‐being. We present an integrative theoretical model explicating that instrumental regulation toward trait‐consistent emotions engages people in emotional states that feel affectively right (affective path), motivate them intrinsically (motivational path), and boost cognitive efficiency (cognitive path), thus yielding potential downstream benefits on creativity and well‐being.

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