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The effects of plurilingualism and pluriculturalism on creative personality and motivation for creativity
This study aimed to investigate how individuals’ motivation for creativity and creative personality can be predicted by their plurilingual and pluricultural experiences. To test the research hypotheses, 261 individuals (74 male and 214 female) were recruited via simple random sampling. Data collection included assessments of plurilingual experience (measured by the abridged version of the Multilingual and Multicultural Experience Questionnaire), multicultural experience and desire (measured by the Multicultural Experience Questionnaire), intercultural competence (measured by Integrative Intercultural Competence Survey), motivation for creativity (measured by The Creativity Motivation Scale) and creative personality (measured by the Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students). A series of regression analyses using mediation models obtained the following evidence. Language repertoire, multiculturalism, and intercultural competence contributed to creative personality. Multiculturalism and intercultural competence predicted creativity motivation. We also found that the interaction among language repertoire, multiculturalism, and intercultural competence predicts creative personality and creativity motivation. These findings expand the scope of empirical investigation of the plurilingual creativity paradigm. Previous studies have focused on divergent thinking as an indicator of creativity. The present study demonstrated that plurilingualism and pluriculturalism have a measurable effect on other aspects of creativity, namely creative personality and motivation for creativity.