An investigation of the relation between creativity and five factors of personality in students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 2037-2041

  Hoseinifar, Jafar ^a   Siedkalan, Mir Mohammad ^b   Zirak, Seyyed Rasoul ^a   Nowrozi, Masoomeh ^a   Shaker, Ali ^c   Meamar, Elmira ^c   Ghaderi, Esmaeil ^d  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Creativity; Five factors of personality; Goldberg personality inventory; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855701174     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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