Standardization of Averill's Emotional Creativity

Creative emotional responses have different levels and types. At the lowest level, emotional creativity is an application of previous emotions which are accepted in a culture. At the more complex level, the responses include moderation and alteration of the standard emotion. The purpose of the study is to investigate the reliability, validity, and standardization of Averill's Emotional Creativity scale among undergraduate students in Islamic Azad University (IAU) Roudehen Branch. It is a descriptive study. The sample included 300 students in Islamic Azad University, Roudehen branch who were randomly selected using staged sampling method. The results of the study indicated that the coefficient of relationship between Torrance Test of Creative Thinking and Averill's emotional creativity scale was 0.74 which showed a concurrent validity. In order to test the reliability, the index of any item was compared with the total index. Factor analysis was run with maximum likelihood solution, Varimax method, and Eigen value over 1. The results of KMO-Bartlett revealed the sample size adequacy. To determine the appropriate number of factors for Averill's Emotional Creativity, the matrix of explained variance was used. In this matrix, the factors over 1 were considered as independent factors. The results indicated 8 constructs (items) with high loading factors.