Did curiosity kill the cat? Relationship between trait curiosity, creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-558

  Karwowski, Maciej ^a  

^a THE MARIA GRZEGORZEWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Creative personal identity; Creative self; Creative self efficacy; Curiosity; Embracing; Stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870766625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18410413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v8i4.513     Document Type: Article

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