Revisiting the interactive effect of multicultural experience and openness to experience on divergent thinking. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Forthmann, Boris; Regehr, Sandra; Seidel, Julia; Holling, Heinz; Çelik, Pınar; Storme, Martin; Lubart, Todd
• Is Part Of: International journal of intercultural relations. Volume 63(2018)
• Page Start: 135
• Page End: 143
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Divergent thinking -- Multicultural experience -- Openness to experience -- Instruction -- Fluency -- Flexibility -- Creative quality; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; Cultural relations -- Periodicals; Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals; Communication interculturelle -- Périodiques; Relations culturelles -- Périodiques; Études transculturelles -- Périodiques; Cross-cultural studies; Cultural relations; Intercultural communication; Periodicals; 303.482
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.10.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0147-1767

Abstract

Abstract: The moderating role of openness to experience for the relationship between multicultural experiences and divergent-thinking performance was examined. A linear-mixed modeling approach to account for variability due to subjects and alternate-uses objects was used. In a final sample of N = 199 participants a three-way interaction of instruction type (standard vs. be-creative instructions), openness to experience, and multicultural experiences was found for creative quality, but not for fluency and flexibility. Thus, evidence provided by the current study for a link of multicultural experiences and divergent thinking was not as strong as in previous studies.