Abstract
Creative Personality Traits Scale: Reliability and Validity Study
This study aims to develop a scale to determine a number of culture specific creative personality traits. After the conductment of Exploratory Factor Analysis to test the construct validity, a four factor structure with 17 items have been obtained. This structure has been tested on a different set of sample. The obtained model has been validated through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (?²/Sd= 2.332, RMSEA= .04, SRMR= .04, GFI= .97, CFI= .95). Cronbach alpha coefficients for internal consistency have been calculated between .60 and .65 for the subscales, while it has been found to be .67 for the whole scale. The discriminant validity of subscales has been examined based on the differences of mean scores of lower and upper level groups. A significant difference between the scores of lower and upper level groups has been discovered (t(240) = –127.911, –97.235, –118.358, –81.935, and –125.503, p< .01). These findings suggest that Creative Personality Traits Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool in Turkish culture.
Keywords
Creativity personality traits, task oriented, internal motivation, self–confidence, risk–taking.
