INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL CREATIVITY AS MANIFESTED IN WORDSAND PICTURES

Two studies were conducted to demonstrate the viability of emotional c reativity as a theoretical construct Participants were selected on the basis of their scores on a self-report inventory designed to measure individual differences in emotional creativity. In Study I, participan ts wrote narratives about emotionally challenging events and drew pict ures of specific emotions. In Study 2, participants completed a story about an emotionally ambiguous situation and made collages integrating three incompatible emotions. In each study, participants who scored h igher oil the trait measure of emotional creativity showed greater cre ativity in expressing emotions, both verbally and nonverbally.