Effects of creativity on aesthetic experience

paintings (from model II ref. C-E group) 4.308 (0.113) 4.225 (0.074) 4.489 (0.122) 4.190 (0.084) 4.493 (0.122) 4.204 (0.085) Figural painting x pleasantness rating 0.066 (0.037) 0.419 (0.036) 0.067 (0.037) 0.420 (0.036) 0.092 (0.038) 0.407 (0.037) Semi-abstract painting x pleasantness rating 0.074 (0.034) 0.530 (0.034) 0.081 (0.035) 0.534 (0.034) 0.091 (0.037) 0.541 (0.036) Abstract painting x pleasantness rating 0.082 (0.035) 0.573 (0.034) 0.089 (0.035) 0.571 (0.034) 0.082 (0.037) 0.577 (0.036) Figural painting x interestingness rating 0.705 (0.033) 0.382 (0.032) 0.701 (0.033) 0.364 (0.032) 0.660 (0.037) 0.348 (0.035) Semi-abstract painting x interestingness rating 0.632 (0.030) 0.312 (0.029) 0.625 (0.030) 0.299 (0.029) 0.612 (0.033) 0.301 (0.032) Abstract painting x interestingness rating 0.694 (0.031) 0.347 (0.030) 0.695 (0.031) 0.339 (0.030) 0.684 (0.035) 0.327 (0.032) Figural painting x comprehensibility rating -0.074 (0.041) 0.189 (0.040) -0.075 (0.041) 0.185 (0.040) -0.085 (0.044) 0.197 (0.041) EFFECTS OF CREATIVITY ON AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE 328 PSIHOLOGIJA, 2017, Vol. 50(3), 319–339 Model I (variables at the level of paintings added) Model II (variables at the level of participants added) Model III (adding subject random slopes for the painting predictors) Semi-abstract painting x comprehensibility rating 0.060 (0.031) 0.118 (0.030) 0.053 (0.031) 0.106 (0.030) 0.037 (0.034) 0.092 (0.031) Abstract painting x comprehensibility rating 0.021 (0.030) 0.130 (0.029) 0.019 (0.029) 0.134 (0.029) 0.026 (0.033) 0.141 (0.03) Figural paintings (E-C group) -0.204 (0.106) -0.041 (0.089) -0.247 (0.112) -0.063 (0.093) Semi-abstract paintings (E-C group) -0.112 (0.106) -0.033 (0.090) -0.161 (0.108) -0.077 (0.091) Abstract paintings (E-C group) -0.405 (0.106) 0.081 (0.089) -0.432 (0.111) 0.090 (0.092)paintings (E-C group) -0.405 (0.106) 0.081 (0.089) -0.432 (0.111) 0.090 (0.092) Figural painting x collage creativity rating 0.000 (0.003) -0.003 (0.002) 0.000 (0.003) -0.004 (0.002) Semi-abstract painting x collage creativity rating 0.002 (0.003) 0.006 (0.002) 0.002 (0.003) 0.007 (0.002) Abstract painting x collage creativity rating 0.003 (0.003) 0.005 (0.002) 0.002 (0.003) 0.006 (0.002)painting x collage creativity rating 0.003 (0.003) 0.005 (0.002) 0.002 (0.003) 0.006 (0.002) Figural painting x “Unusual use” DT test 0.004 (0.020) 0.046 (0.017) 0.001 (0.021) 0.048 (0.017) Semi-abstract painting x “Unusual use” DT test 0.013 (0.020) 0.048 (0.017) 0.012 (0.020) 0.049 (0.017) Abstract painting x “Unusual use” DT test -0.022 (0.019) 0.019 (0.016) -0.019 (0.020) 0.023 (0.017)painting x “Unusual use” DT test -0.022 (0.019) 0.019 (0.016) -0.019 (0.020) 0.023 (0.017) Random effects and residuals Residual variance 0.820 (0.020) 0.815 (0.020) 0.733 (0.028) 0.706 (0.027) Subject Random Intercept Variance 0.113 (0.024) 0.052 (0.014) 0.104 (0.023) 0.040 (0.013) 0.106 (0.024) 0.042 (0.013) Subject Random Pleasantness Slope Variance 0.009 (0.004) 0.013 (0.005) Subject Random Interestingness Slope Variance 0.014 (0.005) 0.013 (0.004) Subject Random Comprehensibility Slope Variance 0.015 (0.005) 0.007 (0.004) Paintings Random Intercept Variance 0.059 (0.024) 0.014 (0.009) 0.059 (0.024) 0.015 (0.009) 0.058 (0.024) 0.017 (0.009) Note. E-C = Evaluation-Collage, C-E = Collage-Evaluation, ref. = referent group, DT = divergent thinking. Bold values are significant at the level p <. 05, italic values are significant at the level p <. 10. Evaluations of beauty in all three styles of paintings were most strongly correlated with ratings of pleasantness (bs from 0.41 to 0.58, Cohen`s ds from 0.43 to 0.72), followed by interestingness (bs from 0.30 to 0.35, ds from 0.41 to 0.51); ratings of painting comprehensibility had the weakest effect (bs from 0.09 to 0.20, all bs significant at the level of .05, ds from 0.13 to 0.22, Table 2, model III). Creativity evaluations were most correlated with interestingness ratings (bs from 0.63 to 0.70, ds from 0.74 to 0.90), and had a much lower correlation with pleasantness ratings (bs from 0.08 to 0.09, ds from 0.09 to 0.10, all bs significant at the level of .05). Painting comprehensibility ratings had no effect on creativity evaluations.