Family First, Creativity Later? The Role of Family Support in the Relationships between Workplace Stressors and Creativity
Presenter Type
UNO Graduate Student (Masters)
Major/Field of Study
Psychology
Other
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Advisor Information
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Location
MBSC Ballroom Poster # 1008 - G (Masters)
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
24-3-2023 2:30 PM
End Date
24-3-2023 3:45 PM
Abstract
Direct relationships have been reported between stressors and creativity, with challenge stressors typically being positively related and hindrance stressors being negatively related to creativity (Byron et al., 2010; LePine et al., 2005). In addition to these stressor variables, family support has been shown to have a positive relationship with creativity (Nisula, 2015; Román et al., 2008). Family support is also related to individual stressors via resource conservation, individual resilience, and direct effects on various stressors (Bose & Pal; 2019; Tang et al., 2017). Family support is proposed as a moderator of the stressor-creativity relationships, as a potential source of a buffer on the effects of the challenge and hindrance stressors on creativity.
To provide evidence of these relationships, the current study collected data via an online survey of 278 participants. Both challenge (r = .18, p < .05) and hindrance (r = .20, p < .001) stressors were found to significantly predict individual perceptions of creativity. Family support was also found to significantly predict individual perceptions of creativity (r = .50, p < .001). In addition to these simple relationships, a marginally significant interaction was found between challenge stressors and family support, such that the positive relationship between challenge stressors and creativity ratings was stronger for those individuals with higher levels of family support (ΔR2 = .01, p = .07). Overall, this research presents new evidence that challenge stressors can be beneficial for creativity, particularly how individuals perceive their own creative abilities, and that family support may strengthen these benefits.
Scheduling
9:15-10:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-Noon, 1-2:15 p.m., 2:30 -3:45 p.m.
Family First, Creativity Later? The Role of Family Support in the Relationships between Workplace Stressors and Creativity
MBSC Ballroom Poster # 1008 - G (Masters)
Direct relationships have been reported between stressors and creativity, with challenge stressors typically being positively related and hindrance stressors being negatively related to creativity (Byron et al., 2010; LePine et al., 2005). In addition to these stressor variables, family support has been shown to have a positive relationship with creativity (Nisula, 2015; Román et al., 2008). Family support is also related to individual stressors via resource conservation, individual resilience, and direct effects on various stressors (Bose & Pal; 2019; Tang et al., 2017). Family support is proposed as a moderator of the stressor-creativity relationships, as a potential source of a buffer on the effects of the challenge and hindrance stressors on creativity.
To provide evidence of these relationships, the current study collected data via an online survey of 278 participants. Both challenge (r = .18, p < .05) and hindrance (r = .20, p < .001) stressors were found to significantly predict individual perceptions of creativity. Family support was also found to significantly predict individual perceptions of creativity (r = .50, p < .001). In addition to these simple relationships, a marginally significant interaction was found between challenge stressors and family support, such that the positive relationship between challenge stressors and creativity ratings was stronger for those individuals with higher levels of family support (ΔR2 = .01, p = .07). Overall, this research presents new evidence that challenge stressors can be beneficial for creativity, particularly how individuals perceive their own creative abilities, and that family support may strengthen these benefits.