Although creativity is an important part of cognitive, social, and emotional activity, high-quality creativity assessments are lacking. This article describes the rationale for and development of a measure of creative ideation. The scale is based on the belief that ideas can be treated as the products of original, divergent, and creative thinking-a claim J. P. Guilford (1967) made years ago. Guilford himself assessed ideation with tests of divergent thinking, although through the years scores from these tests have only moderate predictive validity. This may be because previous research has relied on inappropriate criteria. For this reason, the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) was developed. It can be used as a criterion of creative ideation. Most items describe actual behaviors (i.e., overt actions and activities) that clearly reflect an individual's use of, appreciation of, and skill with ideas. Results obtained using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis are reported in this article. These suggest the presence of 1 or 2 latent factors within the scale. Based on the theoretical underpinnings of the scale, a 1-factor solution was judged to be more interpretable than a 2-factor solution. Analyses also supported the discriminant validity of the RIBS.

Mark A. Runco

Jonathan A. Plucker

Woong Lim

Creativity Research Journal

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The Creativity Research Journal publishes high-quality scholarly research that captures a wide range of approaches to the study of creativity, including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, cross-cultural, developmental, educational, genetic, organizational, psychoanalytic, psychometric, and social perspectives. Interdisciplinary research is also welcomed, along with studies within specific domains (e.g., art, science) and research addressing critical issues (e.g., aesthetics, genius, imagery, imagination, incubation, insight, intuition, metaphor, play, problem finding, and solving). Integrative literature reviews and theoretical pieces that appreciate empirical work are highly encouraged, but purely speculative articles are not accepted. Readers are invited to submit commentaries, comments, and evaluative book reviews.

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Development and Psychometric Integrity of a Measure of Ideational Behavior

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