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Direct linkAbdulla Alabbasi, Ahmed M.; Tadik, Harun; Acar, Selcuk; Runco, Mark A. – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
This meta-analysis examined the association of birth order and divergent thinking (DT). The main purpose was to examine how ordinal position (only, first, middle, or last-born) is related to creativity. The results from 27 studies (k= 222; N = 4,690) were analyzed using a multilevel approach. Because some previous studies compared first- vs.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Creative Thinking, Meta Analysis, Creativity
Runco, Mark A.; Acar, Selcuk – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
Divergent thinking (DT) tests are very often used in creativity studies. Certainly DT does not guarantee actual creative achievement, but tests of DT are reliable and reasonably valid predictors of certain performance criteria. The validity of DT is described as reasonable because validity is not an all-or-nothing attribute, but is, instead, a…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Test Validity
