Teachers’ perceptions of creativity and happiness: A perspective from Singapore

One hundred teachers in Singapore rated their conceptions of creativity and perceptions of happiness. The measures used in the study were creativity self-efficacy (Tan, 2007, ), creative personality (Gough, 1979, ), satisfaction with life scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), subjective happiness scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper, 1999, ), Fordyce Emotions Scale (Fordyce, 1988), and other self-reported creativity and wellness items. Alpha reliability of all scales were .7 and above. Correlations were observed between teachers’ conceptions of creativity self-efficacy scales and happiness scales. Teachers with more than a decade of service scored higher in creativity self-efficacy or happiness than their less-experienced colleagues. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.