ERIC Number: EJ1146599
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Two Tracks of Thought: A Structural Model of the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP)
Nogueira, Sara Ibérico; Almeida, Leonor S.; Lima, Tiago Souza
Creativity Research Journal, v29 n2 p206-211 2017
The Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP, Urban & Jellen, 1986) is one of the most used instruments for the assessment of creative potential. Few studies exist regarding its factorial structure, and all of them were limited to using an exploratory approach. The aim of this research was to assess the factorial structure of the TCT-DP (Form A) for undergraduate and postgraduate Portuguese students. Two studies were performed, where Study 1 (967 participants) consisted of an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) that yielded a 2-factor solution and Study 2 (920 participants) consisted of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) used to test the fit and compare the suitability of the 2 factorial solutions with alternative models. The 2-factor model exhibited good and acceptable indices of fit. The factors represented Innovativeness and Adaptiveness. This model was called Two Tracks of Thought (TTT). Its structure suggests the importance of both non-conventional and conventional thinking for the creative process.
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Creativity Tests, Creativity, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Correlation, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
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