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Saba Ghayas and Farah Malik
University of Sargodha, Pakistan, GCU Lahore, Pakistan
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The present study investigated the sociability and academic achievement as
predictors of creativity among university students. The sample consisted of 300
undergraduate students (155 girls and145 boys) taken from pure sciences and arts
and social sciences departments of BS Hons. classes. The age range of the sample
was 18 to 24 years. Abedi Creativity Test and the translated version of California
Psychological Inventory were used to measure creativity, and sociability respectively.
Cumulative grade point averages (CGPA) of previous semesters (III and V) were
taken as an index of academic achievement. Analysis revealed that sociability and
academic achievement is significantly related with the creativity but academic
achievement is not significantly related with the sociability of students. Furthermore,
the results demonstrated that sociability and academic achievement are significant
predictors of level of creativity. The results revealed that academic achievement of
girls was higher than that of boys. The analysis demonstrated that students of arts
and social sciences were significantly more sociable as compared to the students
of pure sciences. The results of the current study are discussed in relevance to the
cultural context
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