Generalised Factors of Creative Thinking in the Context of Diversity of Subjects’ Socio-Cultural Identity

Objective. To differentiate subjects into types according to differences in the creative thinking factor structure and to identify typological variants of integration of creative thinking properties and various components of sociocultural identity.
Background. Based on the identified tendencies of integrative creativity researches the direction of its study is outlined: from the definition of generalized factors of creative thinking and creative personality to the identification of different creator types, with different ratio of general cognitive and personal components determining their specific resources, achievement opportunities in various socio-cultural contexts.
Participants. 162 students of different specialties, ages from 18 to 22 (M = 19,5; 97 females, 65 males).
Measurements. Figural Test for Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, psychodiagnostic technology “Role Relations between Social Subjects and Creative Personalities” by V.G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya et al., based on repertory grids method by J. Kelly.
Results. A two-factor creative thinking structure was confirmed, including innovational (fluency, flexibility, originality) and adaptational (elaboration, abstractness of titles) factors. Based on the ratio differences between innovational and adaptational factors, subjects were differentiated into four types: innovational, adaptational, high-creative, low-creative. The ratio peculiarities between the factors of creative thinking and sociocultural identity, including social role and value components, in subjects of different types was revealed.
Conclusions. Creative subject types, differentiated by ratio of innovational and adaptational factors of creative thinking, have been revealed. The specific peculiarities in creativity integrative structures of the revealed types of subjects are identified. The typological variants of integration of creative thinking properties and various components of sociocultural identity have been revealed.

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