Duquesne University Duquesne Scholarship Collection Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fall 1-1-2017 Exploring the Concept of Self-Creativity Through the Validation of a New Survey Measure Alexandra Danae Varela Duquesne University Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd Part of the Counselor Education Commons Recommended Citation Varela, A. D. (2017). Exploring the Concept of Self-Creativity Through the Validation of a New Survey Measure (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/199 This One-year Embargo is brought to you for free and open access by Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF SELF-CREATIVITY THROUGH THE VALIDATION OF A NEW SURVEY MEASURE A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Education Duquesne University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Alexandra D. Varela December 2017 Copyright by Alexandra D. Varela 2017 ABSTRACT EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF SELF-CREATIVITY THROUGH THE VALIDATION OF A NEW SURVEY MEASURE By Alexandra D. Varela December 2017 Dissertation supervised by Matthew J. Bundick, Ph.D. The purpose of this investigation was to validate a newly constructed instrument, the Creativity Assessment for the Malleability of Possible Selves (CAMPS) and, through that process, operationally define the newly developed construct of self-creativity. This dissertation utilizes three separate studies to validate the CAMPS and operationally define self-creativity, including samples intended to represent the general population (n = 199), professional counselors (n = 133), and exemplars of self-creativity (n = 13).