The Role of Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence and Time management on Prediction of Creativity

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Sakineh Fooladvand Mansouri ¹ , Mohamad Ali Mohammadyfar ²

1 - کارشناسی ارشد روانشناسی تربیتی، دانشگاه سمنان (نویسندة مسئول)[e-mail]
2 - استادیار دانشکده روانشناسی دانشگاه سمنان، سمنان، ایران [e-mail]

Received: 2015-12-06 Accepted : 2015-12-06 Published : 2015-07-23

Keywords: Creativity, Innovation, Young Scholars Club, Elite,

Abstract :

Aim: This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the role of five personality factors, emotional intelligence and time management in predicting creativity. Method: The design of the study was correlation method .High school students of Mahdishahr in academic year of 2013-2014 consisted the statistical population of the study. Among them, some 250 students were selected with random stratified sampling method. 60 –item short form of Neo Personality Scale, Emotional Competence Questionnaire, Time Management Personality Description Questionnaire and Torrance Creativity Assessment Test Form B were research tools .Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression (stage to stage method). Findings: showed the relationship between emotional intelligence and creativity is not significant, so there is no relationship between them. There was a positive significant relationship between five personality factors and creativity in case of responsibility and flexibility and a negative significant relationship in neurosis component. The relationship between time management and creativity was positively significant just in focus on job and the type of the focus components. Results: The results of regression analysis also showed that flexibility has the most effective positive significant coefficient for predicting creativity and neurosis has negative significant effect in predicting creativity. Also, the results of regression analysis for predicting creativity based on time management components showed that focus on job has the most effective positive significant coefficient. Performance strategy has negative significant effect and after that the type of focus has the positive significant effect. Conclusion: The results of the study have applicable implications.