Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Perceived Social Support Increases Creativity: Experimental Evidence.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- The medial prefrontal cortex as a proposed regulatory structure in the relationship between anxiety and perceived social support: a review.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The Predictive Role of Community of Inquiry in Shaping Students' Creative Self-Concept: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
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- Perceived social support and pre-service teachers' career calling: roles of vocational outcome expectations and professional identity.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between social support and dietary salt choices among pregnant women in Hangzhou: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The effect of social support on learning engagement among Chinese nursing interns: the mediating role of self-efficacy.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Use of machine learning to predict creativity among nurses: a multidisciplinary approach.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The relationship between physical exercise and psychological capital in college students: the mediating role of perceived social support and self-control.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The influence of college students' exercise participation on feelings of self-deficiency: the mediating effect of social support.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Factors associated with kinesiophobia among myocardial infarction survivors: a biopsychosocial perspective.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Perceived social support mediates cancer and living meaningfully intervention effects on quality of life after breast cancer surgery.Future oncology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Creativity and resilience: a mini-review on post-pandemic resources for adolescents and young adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
The literature has consistently shown that social support has a positive relationship with creativity. However, further investigation is needed to clarify the causal relationship between the two constructs. The present study addressed this need by exploring the impact of experimentally induced perceived social support on creativity among young adults. A total of 135 undergraduate students in Malaysia participated in an online experiment. All participants first answered the creative self-efficacy scale and were then randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups. Perceived social support was primed by a writing test and measured by the Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Social Support. Both groups also answered a divergent thinking test (measured for fluency, flexibility, and originality) and a self-rated creativity scale. Multivariate analysis of covariance showed that, after statistically controlling for the effect of creative self-efficacy, participants in the experimental group reported higher scores in perceived social support and all creativity measures than their counterparts in the control group. The results demonstrated that the manipulation is effective and the induced perceived social support leads to higher creativity. Our findings not only offer empirical evidence of the causality of social support and creativity but also has practical value for creativity development.
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