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Publication Date: 2021-Sep
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Norming the Muses: Establishing the Psychometric Properties of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale
Kapoor, Hansika; Reiter-Palmon, Roni; Kaufman, James C.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v39 n6 p680-693 Sep 2021
The Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (K-DOCS; Kaufman, J. C. (2012). Counting the muses: Development of the Kaufman domains of creativity scale (K-DOCS). Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6(4), 298-308. doi:10.1037/a0029751) is a self-report assessment of five creative domains: Everyday, Scholarly, Performance, Scientific, and Artistic. This investigation was designed to reassess the factor structure of the K-DOCS, examine its measurement invariance across men and women, and develop norms across the five domains. Data on 22,013 American participants who had completed the assessment as part of past or ongoing studies between 2012 and 2020 were collated across multiple samples. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both five- and nine-factor solutions had superior fit compared to a one-factor solution. The models were also gender invariant, indicating that creative domains were assessed similarly across male and female samples. Norms across gender and age-groups were provided to enable future comparisons in research settings; it is not recommended to use these norms in clinical or diagnostic contexts. The investigation concluded that the K-DOCS is a robust psychometric tool for the self-assessment of creativity across domains.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Creativity Tests, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, Creativity, Gender Differences, Content Validity, Construct Validity, Age Differences, Norms
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