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Vosburg, Suzanne K. (1998). The effects of positive and negative mood on divergent-thinking performance. Creativity Research Journal, 11 (2) , pp. 165-172.

Type of Resource: Journal Article
(ISSN: 1040-0419)

A research study that examined the effects of positive and negative mood on divergent-thinking performance. Participants in the study consisted of 188 arts and psychology students. Mood was measured by the Russell Adjective Check List, and divergent-thinking performance was measured by four real-life tasks, which promoted loose processing and satisficing problem-solving strategies. The tasks were scored for fluency only. The results of the study suggest that positive mood may facilitate satisficing strategies in creative problem-solving, while negative mood may be more condusive to optimizing strategies, which can be detrimental to divergent-thinking task performance.

Thinking / Divergent thinking / Process / Divergent thinking / Problem Solving / Creative problem solving / Decision making / Cognitive / Functioning

This journal is published by Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc.; 365 Broadway; Hillsdale, NJ 07642-1487.

CBIR Record Number: 15580