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To identify the psychological factors that influence imagination stimulation in education majors and evaluate the structural relationships between these factors and imaginative capacity.

May 10, 2013Innovations in Education and Teaching International

The mediating effects of generative cognition on imagination stimulation

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YHYuling HsuNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology CLChaoyun LiangNational Taiwan University CCChi Cheng ChangPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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Cross-sectional study demonstrates that generative cognition mediates psychological drivers of imagination in education majors, highlighting cognitive pathways for creative development.

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To identify the psychological factors that influence imagination stimulation in education majors and evaluate the structural relationships between these factors and imaginative capacity.
Assessed education major students in Taiwan using newly designed psychometric scales measuring imagination characteristics and psychological factors.
Conducted principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to validate the multidimensional construct structure of the instruments.
Tested a structural equation model to evaluate direct and indirect effects of psychological factors on imagination through generative cognition.
Established that imagination comprises nine structural dimensions (productivity, sensibility, intuition, transformation, novelty, exploration, crystallisation, effectiveness, elaboration) and six stimulation factors (intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, stress, inspiration through action, emotion, generative cognition).
Demonstrated that intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and emotion exert significant indirect effects on imagination stimulation, with generative cognition functioning as a critical mediator.

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Hsu et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa4b24551c745fa0f28374d https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2013.796715

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Cross-sectional study demonstrates that generative cognition mediates psychological drivers of imagination in education majors, highlighting cognitive pathways for creative development.

The mediating effects of generative cognition on imagination stimulation

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The mediating effects of generative cognition on imagination stimulation

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