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ERIC Number: EJ1200034
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-0419
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The 'Right' Side of Creativity: Creative Personality and Social Risk-Taking Predict Political Party Affiliation
Tyagi, Vaibhav; Hanoch, Yaniv; Choma, Becky; Denham, Susan L
Creativity Research Journal, v30 n4 p451-460 2018
Factors that predict political party affiliation are of particular importance in research due to the wider implications in politics and policy making. Extending this line of work, the idea that creativity predicts party affiliation was tested using 2 conceptualizations of creativity: creative personality and creative ideation. Participants (N = 406) based in the United States completed measures of creativity, socio-political attitudes, and domain specific risk-taking, and indicated their party affiliation. Results revealed a significant link between creative personality and political party affiliation. Furthermore, in addition to the socio-political attitudes, this link was explained, in part, by individuals' social risk-taking. Specifically, individuals with higher scores on creative personality were more likely to affiliate to the Democratic party, whereas the reverse was true for affiliation to the Republican party. This article provides new insights into factors that predict political party affiliation and presents wider social implications of the findings.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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