Creation Of Benefits Research Articles

Biomechanics mechanism of sports promoting psychological benefits based on blockchain and intelligent network security

The application of intelligent network technology has realized the transformation of people’s production and lifestyle, and also promoted the transformation of physical education teaching mode. At present, the application of intelligence in the field of sports is becoming more and more powerful. Using the advanced methods and technologies of intelligent network security, this paper aimed to realize the optimization of sports under the security of intelligent network for psychological benefits and study the sports factors that promote psychological benefits. This paper proposed a target tracking algorithm to guide the integration of intelligent network and sports that promote psychological benefits. Using the target tracking in intelligent network security for reference, the biological mechanism of movement promoting psychological benefits was studied to achieve the integration between the two. In the expert evaluation results of the research on sports and psychological benefits of adolescents, creativity and subjective well-being scored the highest and the lowest, with 97.2 and 93.6 points respectively. Therefore, it is very important to use intelligent network security to study the biological mechanism of sports promoting psychological benefits.

The Impact of ICT on Fostering Creativity in Business Education Pre-service Teachers: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Creativity is a global issue in higher education in the 21st century since it has shifted teaching and learning into learner-centered approaches meant for skills development. Studies show that 21st century skills foster creativity through technology and change how teaching can be approached in higher education. Since the workforce demands that students be able to apply their creativity, higher education must recognize its critical role in helping students get ready for it. Despite the benefits of creativity to students, literature shows that there is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills that students learn in higher education and the knowledge and skills they need in 21st century community and workplaces. Hence, this study explores the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on fostering creativity in Business Education pre-service teachers as well as suggests the strategies that could assist students to develop creative skills. The study followed the systematic literature review method PRISMA in selecting studies to be included and excluded in the synthesis of the study. The process commenced by identifying the problem and screening studies to include and exclude in the study. Only 30 studies conducted between 2013 and 2023 were screened for inclusion. Based on the literature and the two-tier model of creativity, it was identified that creativity empowers learning through interactive learning tools; can be used for personalized learning; can also be used for global collaboration; and cultivates innovative minds. The paper also suggests strategies that can effectively foster creativity, such as pedagogical training and support, professional development, mentorship programs, resource accessibility, an ICT-infused curriculum, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and technology-enhanced assessment.

Is there a danger of making customers feel too empowered? Exploring the double-edged sword of customer orientation and creative benefits

Purpose This study aims to explore the extent to which customer orientation and creative benefits offered by a firm may weaken rather than strengthen customer engagement. In doing so, it sheds new light on how customer orientation and creative benefits may facilitate rather than hinder engagement by customers. Design/methodology/approach A field study provides a test of the proposed effects in a hedonic consumption setting with 1,703 customers of an online dating service. Furthermore, an experimental study with 277 executives in a functional consumption setting (new mobile app) helps affirm the robustness of the field study findings. Findings This research theorizes and examines how communal relationship norms between customers and a firm, along with customers’ psychological empowerment, mediate the effect of customer orientation and creative benefits on customer engagement. A provocative finding of the study is that communal relationship norms help boost, whereas psychological empowerment reduces, the effects of both customer orientation and creative benefits on customer engagement. Research limitations/implications The research examines different relationship norms and how they can become integral to customer–company relationships; this perspective helps reveal the underlying dynamics. It contributes to the literature on customer engagement by theorizing and demonstrating the link between customer orientation and customer engagement, two central constructs in the marketing literature. It theorizes and demonstrates that providing creative benefits brings about a direct competitive advantage for the product itself, and acts as a significant variable that explains the company−customer relationship. Practical implications The findings highlight the advantages and challenges associated with encouraging customer engagement. First, they suggest that companies emphasize their customer orientation and creative benefits. Second, managers should try to minimize the possible process of raising customers’ psychological empowerment while maximizing the impact of communal relationship norms. Originality/value This study identifies psychological empowerment as a key reason customer-oriented companies that provide creative benefits still struggle to engage their customers. It also suggests viable tactics to overcome barriers to enhanced customer engagement, such as by minimizing the effects of customers’ psychological empowerment while maximizing the impact of their perceived communal relationship norms.

Dampak Penggunaan Instagram Terhadap Bisnis dan Sebaran Informasi

This study aims to analyze the impact of Instagram usage on business and information dissemination. Using a qualitative approach through a case study method, this study involved semi-structured interviews with 40 participants consisting of active Instagram users, business actors. The results of the study indicate that Instagram acts as an effective marketing tool, allowing businesses to increase brand visibility and reach a wider audience. Features such as Instagram Stories, IGTV, and Instagram Shopping have proven to be useful in attracting customer attention and facilitating transactions. In the context of information dissemination, Instagram allows for the rapid and wide distribution of news and educational content. User experiences vary, including social and creative benefits, but also raise concerns about potential addiction and privacy issues. This study provides valuable insights into the role of Instagram in business and information dissemination, and highlights the importance of wise use to maximize benefits and minimize risks.

Are Children with Autistic Traits More or Less Creative? Links between Autistic Traits and Creative Attributes in Children

ABSTRACTAutistic traits are found throughout the general population, but their link to creative attributes has received little attention in childhood populations. In adults, autistic traits are linked to both creative benefits and disadvantages, moderated by the autistic trait and the creative domain under investigation. The current study investigates the link between autistic traits and creative attributes (creative personality traits, creative talent, creative artistic choices) in children aged 10–14 years. Autistic traits were measured using the Adolescent‐AQ, both globally (AQ‐Total) and for individual subscales (AQ‐Attention to detail, AQ‐Imagination, and “AQ‐Core”, i.e., combining AQ‐Social skills, AQ‐Attention switching, AQ‐Communication). Using child and parent reports, data from 149 children revealed an association between autistic traits and creative personality traits (both positive and negative) while also showing a (weaker) relationship with creative artistic choices. Global and core autistic symptoms negatively predicted creative personality traits. At the same time, AQ‐Imagination predicted lower creative attributes across nearly all creative domains. Finally, and in contrast, AQ‐Attention to detail positively predicted a number of creative attributes (i.e., creative personality traits, creative talent). Our results show how autistic traits map to a range of creative attributes, across children in the general population.

Mindfulness and creative process engagement: the mediating role of workplace relational systems

PurposeDespite widespread recognition of the importance of mindfulness in organizational science literature, little is known about how mindfulness motivates individuals to configure information processing and team member exchange relationships to increase creative process engagement. Drawing on motivated information processing theory, this study conceptualizes and empirically examines whether and how mindfulness motivates individuals toward creative process engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data through an online survey from 311 respondents working in the Research and Development (R&D) departments of organizations in multiple industries in Pakistan. For analytical purposes, the authors have applied the structural equation modeling technique.FindingsThis study advances a different view of individual mindfulness on the creative process engagement in the following ways. First, mindfulness enables individuals to self-regulate in specific situations and become effective in fostering creative process engagement. Second, this study extends research on relational information processing by linking it to mindfulness and creative process engagement. Relational information processing partially mediates the relationship between mindfulness and creative process engagement. Third, this study highlights that mindfulness motivates individuals to focus more on developing quality working relationships, but they seem less willing to participate in idea generation and problem-solving solutions.Originality/valueThe study findings provide implications for research on mindfulness, creativity and motivated information processing to enhance individuals’ creative process engagements. The authors also discuss the implications for executives on the relational and creative benefits of mindfulness.

How ethical leaders foster salesperson creativity: exploring the roles of social power, job autonomy, and internal competitive work environment

ABSTRACT While the benefits of salesforce creativity are well-documented, recent calls underscore the lack of research on how to develop a creative salesforce. Adopting social learning theory, we position ethical leadership as the focal antecedent to creative performance. Using this theoretical lens, we construct a model that explores two moderators and one mediator in this relationship. Analyzing survey responses from salespeople, we reveal that ethical leadership enhances social power, which in turn, increases creative performance. Results also show that job autonomy strengthens the positive influence of ethical leadership on social power while an internal competitive work environment weakens it.

The Role of Educational Games in Fostering Creativity Among Young Children at Home

This study aims to investigate the role of educational games in fostering creativity among young children in household settings. The research employs a qualitative approach with a single case study method to comprehend the experiences and perceptions of young children regarding educational games at home. Five families with young children (aged 3-6 years) participated in the study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with parents, participant observations during playtime, and documentation of the gaming sessions. The results of the study reveal that educational games play a crucial role in fostering creativity among young children. Through these games, children are provided with opportunities to imagine, create, and explore various roles and scenarios. Educational games also enhance children's problem-solving skills and communication abilities, as they need to think creatively to overcome challenges in the games and interact with their parents or other family members. The study concludes that educational games hold significant potential for developing creativity in young children within the household setting. The practical implication of this research emphasizes the importance of providing appropriate opportunities and support for children to engage in educational games, along with the positive role of parents in optimizing the creative benefits of such games.

Graphic design as a means of art therapeutic support in the period of war

The purpose of the research. The article is a part of a study of graphic design and illustrations as a means of art therapy. It examines different approaches to art therapy, including drawing and narrative, and analyzes their effectiveness in improving the emotional state of the population. The purpose of the study is to determine the potential of graphic design and design of printed publications as art therapy for improving the well-being of the population during the war.
 The methodology. To assess the art-therapeutic potential of graphic design, a systematic approach was used, in which the results of bibliographic, critical and content analysis of the results of research on the problems of expressive art therapy in the context of intervention were combined.
 The scientific novelty of the study is the determination of the potential impact of modern book design and illustrations as a means of art therapy support on a vulnerable population that has suffered as a result of traumatic events, in particular, military conflicts. The work studies the techniques of art therapy for this category of people and their psychological impact, as well as research the modern design and illustration of books, their trends and prospects for popularization among young people.
 Conclusions. The results of the research confirm that the graphic design of printed publications and illustrations as a tool of art therapy can have a significant positive effect on the mental health of the population during the war. The use of aesthetically appealing and emotionally charged illustrations helps to stimulate creativity, self-expression and relaxation, which contributes to the general improvement of the mood and well-being of the population. The study contributes to the growing use of art therapy techniques related to print design and illustration in conflict settings and offers practical recommendations for designers and therapists working in this field. The use of artistic techniques in print design and illustration has a variety of therapeutic and creative benefits. Whether used in a therapeutic setting or as a tool for creating visually appealing illustrations and printed publications, these techniques can help people communicate and enhance their emotional state in unique and powerful ways.

ФІЛОСОФСЬКИЙ (ТЕОРЕТИЧНИЙ) АСПЕКТ ТВОРЧОСТІ

The article proposes a theorization of the phenomenon of creativity in its philosophical, social, aesthetic and psychological dimensions. Creativity as an epistemological and axiological problem is described by a significant number of researchers and scientists in various fields. At the same time, its ontological dimension remains the prerogative of psychological research, neglecting the social dimension and the meaning of creativity for the individual and humanity as a whole. The proposed analysis allows tracing the various essences and manifestations of creativity for a person and society. Questions about the essence of the concept of "creativity" were studied by many scientists in such fields of knowledge as philosophy, psychology, aesthetics, sociology, etc. This concept has a rather weighty historical aspect of consideration – from Plato to the present day, thinkers have been interested in the question of the inner urges and incentives of a person. But regardless of the signs that stood out for centuries and outlined, shaped this phenomenon, the XXI century brings its corrections, synthesizing phenomena and looking for new approaches to their study. Now, when we talk about creativity, we often stray far from its functional and cultural-artistic significance, we try to reflect it in modern political and scientific-technical processes, or in a radically new, free-thinking, freedom-loving and/or performative aspect. That is why the purpose of the research is to theorize the phenomenon of creativity in the context of modernity. When theorizing creativity, researchers use such concepts as novelty, creating something new, objectification of acquired and/or unconscious experience, catharsis, going beyond the ordinary, loneliness, rejection by society, criticism, challenge, dialogicity, performativity, etc. All these analogies allow us to understand the essence of the phenomenon in a collective and individual dimension. Moreover, centuries of rethinking creativity make it possible to understand and predict the benefits of creativity. However, the entire body of research cannot answer the question of the essentiality of the creator, his alienation from society and from his own creation. Moreover, creativity evolves along with Man, and at the time of expanding the capabilities of AI, it is difficult for us to predict this process.

Percussion Meets Environmentalism: A method of performance for environmental awareness

The well-documented climate crisis often looms over our daily lives. As an artist, I often felt frustrated by not possessing tangible means to enact change to help. This research is, therefore, a base for further investigations and performances geared toward percussion-based environmentalism. By examining four distinct pieces selected for their connection, or their possibility to connect to broad or specific environmental issues, and altering variables of performance location, instrumentation, personnel, and the addition of contextual material, this exposition demonstrates one path of many for environmental advocation in music. By focusing on decisions affecting sound creation and including context or subtext within each piece, this exposition gives the reasoning behind the decisions made in each piece’s performance based on modern musical activism and theories of promoting positive behaviors. This research also examines modern musical activism in popular music and the emerging contemporary genre of ecoacoustics. The conclusions of this exposition present the benefits of flexibility and creativity in this method and the importance of audience engagement while addressing the drawbacks of this method in the challenge of behaving sustainably as a modern artist. Lastly, this research highlights the possibility of community interaction to create small-scale environmental change that is also a creative outlet for the emotional impact climate change can have on individuals.

Creativity: The flawed forge of tomorrows

Creativity and novelty have been central to the foresight enterprise and the importance, of creativity, imagination, and novelty are a constant refrain in the futures and foresight literature. There is an emerging literature about the shadow or dark side of creativity. It might be wise to question our assumptions about the benefits of creativity. This article poses the question “what if creativity is a threat to human survival?” seen particularly through the lens of postnormal times analysis and theory. Issues addressed include:the accelerating nature of change itself, particularly driven by globalization and technology innovation, and the disruptive aspects of creativity, negative, and amoral creativity. The bridge between postnormal times analysis of creativity and foresight is the application of the Three Tomorrows scenario-building approach to explore the dark side creativity. Recommendations are made and questions posed to inform foresight work about creativity.

The MSME Activities of Amplang Process as a Learning Resource on Social Studies

MSMEs are part of a productive economy carried out individually or as business entities and are not subsidiaries of companies, so that they can encourage economic growth in the country and the region. MSMEs in the field of Natural Resources (SDA) are one of the business sectors chosen by the community to start a business. The form of the MSME SDA sector is found in the Amplang business, namely its utilization in the aquatic sector in the form of fish as a raw material product. The activities in MSMEs processed in Amplang consist of production, distribution, and consumption, which can be used as social studies learning resources at the junior high school level. This study aims to discover how MSME activities are processed in Amplang, which can be used as social studies learning resources using a qualitative approach and descriptive methods based on economic activity theory. The results of this study state that processed fish SMEs are included in an economic activity covering aspects of production, distribution, and consumption that aim to create a product of use value, which can then be utilized in the world of education, namely as a learning resource developed in class VII material in economics learning. They are namely meeting the needs of the community, which contains sub-discussions regarding production, distribution, and consumption which are included in one economic concept, useful in forming the positive character of students as good citizens and the benefits of creativity in building entrepreneurship so that they can build knowledge about economic problems themselves as well as the community environment in the economic field through MSME activities.

Promotion of Creative Development of Early Childhood Learners: ECE Teachers’ Perspective on How in Atebubu Amantin Municipal

The aim of the study sought to examine the impact of teacher’s creativity on the creative development of early childhood learners. In providing a clear justification to the purpose of the study, the qualitative research approach and the case study as the research design. The target population for the study was all the lower primary teachers in Early Childhood Development Model in Atebubu (ECD). The census was used as the sampling technique due to the relatively small number of the participants. Ideally, the semi-structured interview was used as the instrument for the study. The study found that Intellectual risk-taking, brainstorming, teachers’ narrative and dramatization activities promote learners’ creative abilities and development. The study concluded that teachers creating spaces for play, giving students access to time ask questions and providing learners active environment that are resource-rich, and supporting musical play in the classroom promote learners’ creative abilities. The study recommended that providing teachers with opportunities to improve their creativity via continuing professional development is an important step in enhancing their understanding of the benefits of creativity in the classroom and assisting them in becoming more creative educators.

How People with Physical Disabilities Can Obtain Social Support through Online Videos: A Qualitative Study in China.

Online video creation is becoming an option for many people with physical disabilities in China. However, few studies have considered how physically disabled individuals access social support through online video creation. For this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 online video creators with physical disabilities. The starting point of this study was video creation by people with physical disabilities, with a focus on the social interactions between creators, online video platforms, followers, viewers and sponsors, as well as the perceived social support in the process. Thematic analysis was used to identify six social support themes: (i) meeting emotional needs; (ii) obtaining informational support; (iii) obtaining creative benefits; (iv) constructing identity; (v) reconstructing social relationships; and (vi) discovering self-worth. Four risk-related themes were identified: (i) online language violence; (ii) invasion of commercial capital; (iii) online video addiction; and (iv) fragile social support. The findings indicate that, although people with physical disabilities can obtain effective social support through creating online videos, it is accompanied by many risks. In addition, the social support gained through creating online videos differs from traditional online social support (e.g., changes in online support groups, emphasis on creative gain). Future research should perform more detailed analyses of different types of social support and specific risks of creation, while taking into account individual differences and sociodemographic backgrounds.

Bilingualism and creativity across development: Evidence from divergent thinking and convergent thinking.

Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of creativity from bilingualism. Divergent thinking and convergent thinking are considered the two most important components of creativity. Various (although not all) studies have concluded that bilingual children outperform monolingual children in divergent thinking, however, no study on children or adolescents so far has explored the relation between bilingualism and convergent thinking, or the brain structural basis of interaction between bilingualism and creativity. This study aimed to explore the impact of bilingualism on both convergent and divergent thinking in children and adolescents based on neuropsychological assessments, and the possible structural basis of the effect of bilingualism on creativity by a whole-brain analysis of regional gray matter volume (rGMV) and cortical thickness in children and adolescents. 92 healthy children and adolescents of age 4-18 were recruited from public or private schools in the French-speaking side of Switzerland. Demographic data of the participants were collected, including gender, age, pedagogy, usage of language, and parents' socioeconomic status. Most of the participants underwent the neuropsychological assessments of divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and fluid intelligence. Structural image data of 75 participants were analyzed. Both voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM) were processed, to perform the analyses of rGMV and cortical thickness respectively. The outcomes indicated that convergent thinking, but not divergent thinking benefits from bilingualism in children and adolescents. However, this bilingual advantage appears to weaken across development. Unexpectedly, no significant correlation between morphometry and bilingualism was found. Neither divergent thinking scores nor convergent thinking scores showed any significant correlation with rGMV. However, the whole brain SBM showed that the cortical thickness in the right supplementary motor area (SMA) was negatively correlated with convergent thinking scores, which suggested that the children and adolescents with higher convergent thinking abilities may have thinner, more mature, and more activated cortex in the right SMA. Bilingualism and cortical thinness in the right SMA might facilitate convergent thinking independently, by enhancing this selective ability.

VITAL INVOLVEMENT IN LATE LIFE: HELEN KIVNICK'S VITAL CONCEPT FOR GERONTOLOGY+

Abstract Carolyn Adams-Price will lead off the symposium with a discussion of Kivnick’s impact on gerontology and the arts. Her various arts interests will be discussed, including her interests in choral and African music. Much of the talk will focus on the concept of vital involvement, why it was revolutionary, and how it connects to current research on positive gerontology, creativity, and adaptation in late life. Adams-Price will address in detail the benefits that participation in creative activities can impart to older adults, based on her own research on creative benefits, and will provide a framework for studying those benefits in the future.

Making things happen: How employees' paradox mindset influences innovative performance.

Individual innovation involves many contradicted behavioral options such as creative vs. habitual actions and explorative vs. exploitative activities. However, the agentic nature of innovative behaviors has been widely ignored, and we know less about what factors lead individuals to approach and balance the contradictions caused by competing demands and intentionally engage in innovative behaviors. Integrating social cognitive theory and innovation paradox, we propose a chain-mediating model to explain how employees with a paradox mindset realize the creative benefits through their innovative endeavors, considering role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE) and individual ambidexterity as two mediators. Using data collected from 480 employees paired with 100 supervisors at 3-time points, the results show that RBSE and individual ambidexterity play a mediating role, respectively, even though they sequentially play a chain-mediating role between employees' paradox mindset and innovative performance. Individuals who hold a paradox mindset are more likely to perceive high capability beliefs in successfully undertaking expanded roles, promoting behavioral tendencies to switch between exploration and exploitation, and in turn encouraging employees to undertake more innovative behaviors. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications for promoting employees' innovative performance from an agentic perspective. Employees with a paradox mindset can make creative things happen by managing the tensions between exploration and exploitation proactively. Thus, organizations may try to enhance employees' proactive motivation states and behavioral capability to encourage individual innovation.

The role of nostalgia in making for well-being

While some maker activities and actions have clear and measurable outcomes with increasing research about the joys and benefits of creativity, there is an aspect of making which is infrequently considered, perhaps because it is largely unconscious or may even be viewed negatively or dismissively. This is the pleasure to be found in the nostalgic aspects of crafting and making. This article examines the current research on the benefits of nostalgia, and how craft activities invoke nostalgia in various ways. Nostalgia is implicated as an element which can contribute to well-being – the perception of purpose, control and satisfaction which supports health and happiness. Although nostalgia is also already a factor in some making projects designed around well-being and health, it might in the future be used more consciously to contribute to other well-making activities.

Poetry in a pandemic. Digital shared reading for wellbeing

ABSTRACT Unexpectedly taking place in the midst of a pandemic, this research examined historical and contemporary assumptions about the relationship between storytelling and wellbeing and asked how a shared reading group might be used to help repair individuals and communities as they emerge into the post-Covid world. It asked how storytelling can help us to come to terms with the collective trauma we have experienced by developing empathy and enlarging identity, and considered the role of digital technology in creating safe spaces for connection and reflection. The research aimed to provide a nuanced and in-depth account of the experience of shared reading for wellbeing, and to make practical recommendations for the future of such initiatives in community settings. It identified significant risks in shared reading and asked how these can be minimised, whilst being wary of stifling the many benefits of creativity by becoming too risk averse.