Table 5 Standardized factor loadings derived from ESEM models.

Self/everyday creativity

 Item 1: Helping other people cope with a difficult situation

0.71

0.08

0.08

0.06

0.08

 Item 2: Teaching someone how to do something

0.60

0.15

0.12

0.07

0.07

 Item 3: Maintaining a good balance between my work and my personal life

0.68

0.20

0.01

0.07

0.09

 Item 4: Understanding how to make myself happy

0.49

0.31

−0.07

0.05

0.14

Scholarly creativity

 Item 5: Writing a nonfiction article for a newspaper, newsletter, or magazine

0.21

0.42

0.26

0.18

−0.01

 Item 6: Responding to an issue in a context-appropriate way

0.28

0.53

0.06

0.09

0.09

 Item 7: Arguing a side in a debate that I do not personally agree with

0.22

0.56

0.04

0.05

0.15

 Item 8: Being able to offer constructive feedback based on my own reading of a paper

0.10

0.62

0.13

0.12

0.12

Performance creativity

 Item 9: Making up lyrics to a funny song

0.08

0.37

0.45

0.06

0.14

 Item 10: Composing an original song

0.03

0.19

0.69

0.09

0.10

 Item 11: Spontaneously creating lyrics to a rap song

0.07

0.10

0.71

0.13

0.09

 Item 12: Playing music in public

0.09

0.02

0.58

0.28

0.13

Mechanical/scientific creativity

 Item 13: Writing a computer program

0.07

0.05

0.39

0.49

0.08

 Item 14: Solving math puzzles

0.15

0.07

0.18

0.49

0.14

 Item 15: Taking apart machines and figuring out how they work

0.06

0.10

0.07

0.75

0.09

 Item 16: Building something mechanical (like a robot)

0.03

0.10

0.05

0.73

0.14

Artistic creativity

 Item 17: Sketching a person or object

0.03

0.09

0.09

0.29

0.56

 Item 18: Doodling/drawing random or geometric designs

0.07

0.11

−0.01

0.12

0.72

 Item 19: Making a scrapbook page out of my photographs

0.07

0.07

0.25

0.12

0.56

 Item 20: Appreciating a beautiful painting

0.13

0.08

0.08

0.01

0.72