الإسهام النسبي لأبعاد الرحمة بالذات والحكمة في التنبؤ بقدرات التفكير الإبداعى لدى طلاب الجامعة The Relative Contribution of Self-Compassion and Wisdom Dimensions to Prediction of Creative Thinking Abilities among University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the relationship of self compassion as characteristics of the personality with creative abilities and the extent to which each contributed to the prediction of these abilities among the university students of both sexes and the various theoretical and practical colleges. The study sample consisted of (426) The number of males in the sample was (204) males, while the number of females (222) females, were selected from (10) colleges, (4) theoretical colleges (6) practical colleges, five of them at Cairo University, and another at Helwan University. The Self-Compassion Questionnaire and the Creative Abilities Test Battery were used. The results of the non-linear correlation coefficients and the simple non-linear regression revealed a curved relationship between self-compassion with its dimensions (self-kindness - common humanity mindfulness) and creative thinking abilities (fluency, flexibility, and originality), in addition to its predictive ability with these abilities. It also found the curved relationship between wisdom with its various components (cognitive - emotional - behavioral) and creative thinking abilities (fluency, flexibility, and originality), in addition to its predictive ability with these abilities .