Mediating Between the Muse and the Masses: Inspiration and the Actualization of Creative Ideas

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-487

  Thrash, Todd M ^a   Maruskin, Laura A ^a   Cassidy, Scott E ^b   Fryer, James W ^c   Ryan, Richard M ^d  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity; effort; inspiration; productivity; writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CREATIVENESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION;

EID: 77649104730     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017907     Document Type: Article

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