The Relationship of Creativity and Stress Coping Strategies with Playfulness in University Students

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Tabriz university

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The aim of this research was to study the relationship between creativity and coping strategies of stress, and playfulness in university students. The population of the study composed of all students of Isfahan University, out of which 310 students were chosen using stratified random sampling. For the purpose of data collection, three questionnaires of coping strategies of stress (CISS), creativity (Abedi, 1372) and playfulness (APS) were used. To analyze the data, correlation and regression analyses were conducted using SPSS and Amos software. The results indicated that problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies (p<0.01) and avoidance coping strategies (p<0.05) were able to predict playfulness. In general, coping strategies could explain 46% of variance in playfulness. It was notable that playfulness had a positive relationship with creativity, fluidity, innovation, flexibility and expansion. Furthermore, creativity had a positive relationship with playfulness dimensions such as audacity, precision, sociability, fun, activeness, and energy (p<0.01). However, it didn’t have any positive relationship with independency dimension. In conclusion, the present research indicated that people who have playfulness and fun, experience stress less than others. Also, playful people seem to be more creative than other.

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The Journal of New Thoughts on Education
Volume 12, Issue 3
December 2016
Pages 39-58

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