Creative Inspiration Scale

Creative Inspiration Scale

Below is a list of options for events or activities that you might be interested in doing. If you had the option right now please rate how highly you would be interested in doing the below activities.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please indicate your response on a scale from 1-7 with the following end points. 
NOT AT ALL INTERESTED  (1) to VERY INTERESTED IN DOING (7) 

ITEMS

  1. Make cartoons

  2. Take photographs

  3. Go to an abstract art gallery

  4. Design and make your own greeting cards

  5. Make a sculpture

  6. Make your own jewelry

  7. Write a play

  8. Take an interpretive dance class

  9. Paint or draw

  10. Create a scrap book 

  11. Learn how to Photoshop 

  12. Make a digital collage

  13. Learn how to make a new cuisine

  14. Read a short fiction story

  15. Watch an artistic film 

  16. Take a ceramics class

  17. Listen to music

  18. Read poetry

  19. Make up a song

  20. Design your own clothes

Citation

If using this scale in your research, please cite as follows:

Gross, M. (2022). Perceptual, phenomenological, and behavioral processes underpinning state and dispositional curiosity (Doctoral dissertation, UC Santa Barbara).

This scale was validated in Gross's (2022) dissertation research at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Scoring

Total Creative Inspiration Score: Sum the scores for all 20 items to obtain an overall score for creative inspiration.

Subscale Option: Scores can be divided by type of creative activity (e.g., visual arts, performing arts, culinary arts) by averaging items related to each category, if further analysis by specific types of creativity is desired.