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Graphic creativity assessment: Psychometric properties in college students from Buenos Aires

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Freiberg Hoffmann, Agustín
Fernández Liporace, Mercedes

Abstract / Description

Research on creativity has acquired major development due to its relevance concerning teaching in college. Its assessment is generally conducted by means of verbal and graphic measures. A short scale to measure verbal creativity (CREA) in college students from Buenos Aires is currently available. However, right now there are no similar scales designed to assess graphic creativity. In view of that, this study will analyse psychometric features of the ECG scale locally known as Evaluación de la Creatividad Gráfica – Graphic Creativity Assessment, to be employed in the academic milieu in order to provide a complementary measure of verbal creativity. Face and construct validity evidences (converging validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis) were examined as well as reliability, taking into account internal consistency aspects, inter-rater and test-retest stability. The resulting scale showed adequate technical features. The original version, supported by De la Torre’s model, was composed by 12 indicators. This study’s findings maintained 9 of them but, considering new analyses, only 4 of the original ones were retained. This 4-indicator model obtained a better fit to empirical data and good indexes of correlation with a verbal creativity measure, as well as good reliability indicators (internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest). Findings are discussed taking into account theoretical basis.

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graphic creativity validity evidences reliability college students ECG Test

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Date of first publication

2017-04-28

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

10

Issue

1

Page numbers

60–79

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Freiberg Hoffmann, A., & Fernández Liporace, M. (2017). Graphic creativity assessment: Psychometric properties in college students from Buenos Aires. Psychological Thought, 10(1), 60–79. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.192
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Freiberg Hoffmann, Agustín
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fernández Liporace, Mercedes
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-28T10:01:32Z
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    2018-11-28T10:01:32Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-04-28
  • Abstract / Description
    Research on creativity has acquired major development due to its relevance concerning teaching in college. Its assessment is generally conducted by means of verbal and graphic measures. A short scale to measure verbal creativity (CREA) in college students from Buenos Aires is currently available. However, right now there are no similar scales designed to assess graphic creativity. In view of that, this study will analyse psychometric features of the ECG scale locally known as Evaluación de la Creatividad Gráfica – Graphic Creativity Assessment, to be employed in the academic milieu in order to provide a complementary measure of verbal creativity. Face and construct validity evidences (converging validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis) were examined as well as reliability, taking into account internal consistency aspects, inter-rater and test-retest stability. The resulting scale showed adequate technical features. The original version, supported by De la Torre’s model, was composed by 12 indicators. This study’s findings maintained 9 of them but, considering new analyses, only 4 of the original ones were retained. This 4-indicator model obtained a better fit to empirical data and good indexes of correlation with a verbal creativity measure, as well as good reliability indicators (internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest). Findings are discussed taking into account theoretical basis.
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    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Freiberg Hoffmann, A., & Fernández Liporace, M. (2017). Graphic creativity assessment: Psychometric properties in college students from Buenos Aires. Psychological Thought, 10(1), 60–79. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.192
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  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1485
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1851
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
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    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.192
  • Keyword(s)
    graphic creativity
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  • Keyword(s)
    validity evidences
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    reliability
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    college students
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  • Keyword(s)
    ECG Test
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Graphic creativity assessment: Psychometric properties in college students from Buenos Aires
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    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    60–79
  • Volume
    10
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