Mingchang Wu, Ibnu Siswanto, Tuatul Mahfud
Creativity has become a critical skill in the face of future competition and needs to be included in the learning process in educational institutions to prepare highly competitive human beings. Therefore, the ability to predict factors that affect creativity becomes very important in developing the learning process. This study aims to explore the predictors of creative thinking ability that includes affective creativity, future imagination, and positive psychological capital simultaneously and interactively. Data were collected through questionnaires from 278 students of the School of Humanities and Applied Science from one of National University located in Central Taiwan. Data analysis using structural equation modeling analysis. The results show that collaborations among the affective creativity, imagination, and psychological capital significantly influence students' creative thinking. That confirms that students' creative thinking can be nurtured through a combination of several personality factors. © 2018 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
Dean of College of Humanities and Applied Sciences, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, India; Automotive Engineering Education Department, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia; Department of Culinary Art, Balikpapan State Polytechnic, Indonesia
