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Carson, David K.; Runco, Mark A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1999
A study examined the relationships among creative problem solving (PS) and problem generation (PG) abilities and coping skills in 74 undergraduates. PG and PS abilities were negatively related to such coping processes as confrontation, distancing, escape-avoidance tendencies, and excessive acceptance of responsibility, and positively associated…
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Creative Thinking, Creativity