Ali Reza Pirkha'efi; Ahmad Borjali
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 85-104
Abstract
Mental health is a multivariate concept that is related to various factors. Unfortunately, the impact of creativity on the development of mental health has been underexamined in the field of clinical therapy.
The present research was designed to investigate the clinical roles of creativity in the prediction ...
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Mental health is a multivariate concept that is related to various factors. Unfortunately, the impact of creativity on the development of mental health has been underexamined in the field of clinical therapy.
The present research was designed to investigate the clinical roles of creativity in the prediction and explanation of mental health.
A statistical sample of 120 male and female university students of Tehran was randomly selected through the process of multi-stage cluster sampling. Solomon's four-groups design was implemented in the study. Research tools included Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire, Sherer's General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Folkman and Lazarus's Ways of Coping Questionnaire. The data were analysed using the covariance analysis.
The results of the covariance analysis showed that the activation of creativity in samples could have a significant impact on increasing mental health, self-efficacy and coping.
