The Effect of Mindfulness on the Promotion of Graduate Students' Scientific Research Creativity: The Chain Mediating Role of Flow Experience and Creative Self-Efficacy.
Hao Yao, Yabing Fan, Shifei Duan
Journal of Intelligence February 21, 2024 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence12030024 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractMindfulness directly boosts graduate students' scientific research creativity, and it also works indirectly through flow experience and creative self-efficacy. Among 1210 Chinese graduate students, the indirect effect via flow experience accounted for 13.1% of the total effect, via creative self-efficacy for 30.0%, and the chain of both for 34.1%. The overall positive effect of mindfulness on creativity was stronger for male students than for female students. These results suggest that mindfulness enhances creativity partly by increasing the tendency to become absorbed in research and by strengthening belief in one's own creative abilities.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey with structural equation modeling Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1,210 |
| Population | Chinese graduate students |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Creative self-efficacy Flow experience Mediating effect Scientific research creativity |
| Citations | 9 |
| Key finding | Mindfulness has a direct positive effect on graduate students' scientific research creativity, and this effect is partially mediated by flow experience and creative self-efficacy, with gender moderating the mediation strength. |
Abstract
Creativity is a universal core higher-order cognitive ability in the 21st century, which reflects a country's core competitiveness and soft power. Mindfulness, as an important concept in positive psychology, has also received attention for its potential effect on research creativity. Using structural equation modeling and bootstrap methods, this study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and research creativity among 1210 Chinese graduate students. Additionally, we explored the mediating effect of flow experience and creative self-efficacy in this relationship. The research results showed that mindfulness had a direct positive effect on graduate students' scientific research creativity. The mediating effect of flow experience and creative self-efficacy, as well as the chain mediating effect, were established, with the mediating ratio being 13.1% and 30.0%, respectively, and the indirect effect of chain mediating accounting for 34.1%. Interestingly, the effect mechanism at the gender level was various, with the mediating effect of mindfulness on scientific research creativity being higher among male graduate students. The results of this study revealed the mechanism of mindfulness on graduate students' scientific research creativity, offering valuable insights for enhancing their creative capabilities in the realm of scientific research.