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This study is entitled "Why We Sing the Blues: The Relation Between Self-Reflective Rumination, Mood, and Creativity" and is found in the APA Journal Emotion. The authors hypothesized that a 3rd underlying factor, self-reflective rumination, makes the connection amongst creativity and depression. Ninety-nine undergrads were surveyed in a variety of measures: dimensions of creativity, interests, and seriousness about creative activities. The major challenge that faced the experimenters was measuring the construct of creativity. The findings of this study concluded that with rumination, there is an association between depression and creativity. It was found that the blues singing appears to be rooted in an all-too-closely examined life.

Participants were tested in small groups with a variety of tests. The tests used in this experiment were mostly self-report tests. This naturally could lead to some biases. Some of the tests included the following: a yes or no checklist of......

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