Creativity in drawings of geometric shapes: A cross-cultural examination with the consensual assessment technique

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-187

  Chen, Chuansheng ^a   Kasof, Joseph ^a   Himsel, Amy J ^a   Greenberger, Ellen ^a   Dong, Qi ^b   Xue, Gui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0036248966     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022102033002004     Document Type: Article

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