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Everyday creative activity beneficial to young adults, says study
Posted on: 29/Nov/2016 9:41:36 AM
A recent study conducted by researchers from the New Zealand University’s Department of Psychology says that everyday creative activity may lead to an upward spiral of increased wellbeing and creativity in young adults.
Speaking about this the researchers said, We wanted to find out if engaging in everyday creative acts makes people feel better emotionally. There is growing recognition in psychology research that creativity is associated with emotional functioning. However, most of this work focuses on how emotions benefit or hamper creativity, not whether creativity benefits or hampers emotional wellbeing.
We found that positive affect, PA, which encompasses feelings such as pleasurable engagement; happiness, joy, excitement, and enthusiasm, on a particular day did not predict next-day creative activity. Our earlier research found that PA appears to increase creativity during the same day, but our latest findings show that there is no cross-day effect. Rather, it is creative activity on the previous day that predicts wellbeing the next. This finding suggests a particular kind of upward spiral for wellbeing and creativity. Overall, these findings support the emerging emphasis on everyday creativity as a means of cultivating positive psychological functioning.
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