Creativity and mental health in everyday life.
@article{Cropley1990CreativityAM,
title={Creativity and mental health in everyday life.},
author={Arthur Cropley},
journal={Creativity Research Journal},
year={1990},
volume={3},
pages={167-178}
}Abstract The connection between mental health and creativity has traditionally been studied in terms of outstanding aesthetic‐professional creativity and mental illness. More interesting however, is the possible connection between “everyday “ creativity and mental health. Everyday creativity involves attacking day to day activities in a divergent way: It derives from a complex of cognitive, affective, personal, motivational, and social factors, and is characterized by openness, flexibility…
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