Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
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Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
350 George St.
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- 150 Publications
- 2,752 Citations
- 2 Yale Co-Authors
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Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence where she currently serves as the Director of the Creativity and Emotions Lab. Zorana studies the role of emotion and emotional intelligence in creativity and well-being, as well as how to use the arts (and art-related institutions) to promote emotion and creativity skills. She has previously served as Associate Editor of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts and International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, and is currently Associate Editor at Creativity Research Journal. She has edited the Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Emotions and is co-editor of Crisis, Creativity, and Innovation. Zorana collaborated with colleagues from Denmark, Spain, China, France, Germany, Poland, and Croatia and published her research in journals such as Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Personality, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Creative Behavior and others. Her work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, ArtNet, US News, Education Week, Science Daily, El Pais, and others, and she is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and Creativity Post. Zorana received the Award for Excellence in Research from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation, the Berlyne Award for Outstanding Early Career Achievement from the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, and has been elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
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Medical Research Interests
Attitude; Education; Emotions; Human Development; Motivation; Personality; Psychological Phenomena; Psychological Theory; Psychology, Applied; Psychology, Social; Resilience, Psychological; Social Sciences
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0000-0002-0321-2071
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150Publications
2,752Citations
Publications
2025
Building Opportunities for Emotionally Intelligent Behavior in Organizations
Ivcevic Z, Levitats Z, Brackett M. Building Opportunities for Emotionally Intelligent Behavior in Organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal Practice And Research 2025 DOI: 10.1037/cpb0000297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotionally intelligent behaviorOrganizational factorsGroup of organizational factorsEmotional intelligenceSelf-perceptions of abilityWork-related outcomesWork well-beingIntersection of emotionTheory of emotional intelligenceOrganizational cultureOrganizational psychologistsEI climateInterpersonal effectsOrganizational opportunitiesDistal outcomesSelf-perceptionProximal outcomesIntelligent behaviorIndividual's abilityIndividual variabilityWell-beingEmotionsOpportunitiesIndividual potentialPsychologistsMeasuring Spanish students’ perception of teachers’ emotionally intelligent behavior: relationships to academic and individual outcomes
Extremera N, Pulido-Martos M, Mérida-López S, Rey L, Ivcevic Z. Measuring Spanish students’ perception of teachers’ emotionally intelligent behavior: relationships to academic and individual outcomes. Revista De Psicodidáctica (English Ed ) 2025, 500167. DOI: 10.1016/j.psicoe.2025.500167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-report measuresNegative emotional statesSomatic symptomsStudy 2Quality of teacher-student relationshipsMeasure of academic engagementEvidence of adequate internal consistencyLife satisfactionEmotional statesAdequate internal consistencyOne-factor solutionSecondary studentsSatisfaction with lifeTeacher-student relationshipEmotionally intelligent behaviorDepressive symptomatologyPositive affectBehavior ScaleStudy 1Academic engagementPsychometric propertiesRelevant constructsSecondary school studentsAcademic outcomesCross-sectional design
2024
Children’s Creative Storytelling Processes: A Cross-Cultural Study in the United States and Spain
Hoffmann J, Ivcevic Z, Lin S. Children’s Creative Storytelling Processes: A Cross-Cultural Study in the United States and Spain. Creativity Theories – Research – Applications 2024, 11: 71-85. DOI: 10.2478/ctra-2024-0011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-cultural studiesNational identityCreative storytellingAbstract CreativityWestern cultureCross-culturallyCultural valuesWestern European nationsRatings of creativityEuropean nationsStorytellingCreativityOverall cultureUnited StatesCreative behaviorCultureQuestion—whatSpainIdentityMean scoreChildrenEmotionsMeanNoveltySocialCrises, Creativity, and Innovation
Ivcevic, Z., Reiter-Palmon, R., Tang, M., & Grohman, M. G. (Eds.). 2024. Crises, creativity, and innovation. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61782-9BooksHow crises may relate to creativity and innovation: An introduction.
Tang, M., Ivcevic, Z., Grohman, M. G., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2024). How crises may relate to creativity and innovation: An introduction. In Z. Ivcevic, R. Reiter-Palmon, M. Tang, & M. G. Grohman (Eds.), Crises, creativity, and innovation (pp. 1-7). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61782-9_1ChaptersCreativity and crisis: From possibilities to making them happen.
Ivcevic, Z., & Pei, Y. (2024). Creativity and crisis: From possibilities to making them happen. In Z. Ivcevic, R. Reiter-Palmon, M. Tang, & M. G. Grohman (Eds.), Crises, creativity, and innovation (pp. 327-352). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61782-9_14ChaptersHow Crises May Relate to Creativity and Innovation: An Introduction
Tang M, Ivcevic Z, Grohman M, Reiter-Palmon R. How Crises May Relate to Creativity and Innovation: An Introduction. Palgrave Studies In Creativity And Innovation In Organizations 2024, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61782-9_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCreativity and Crisis: From Possibilities to Making Them Happen
Ivcevic Z, Pei Y. Creativity and Crisis: From Possibilities to Making Them Happen. Palgrave Studies In Creativity And Innovation In Organizations 2024, 327-352. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61782-9_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInside the box: Considering the role of task-appropriateness for creativity
Ivcevic, Z., & Kaufman, J. C. (2024). Inside the box: Considering the role of task-appropriateness for creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000703Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInside the Box: Considering the Role of Appropriateness for Creativity
Ivcevic Z, Kaufman J. Inside the Box: Considering the Role of Appropriateness for Creativity. Psychology Of Aesthetics Creativity And The Arts 2024 DOI: 10.1037/aca0000703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Activities
activity Creativity Research Journal
08/01/2022 - PresentJournal ServiceAssociate Editoractivity How people feel and when: Examining the co-occurrences of emotions and context
08/08/2024 - 08/11/2024Poster PresentationAnnual Convention of the American Psychological AssociationDetailsSeattle, WA, United StatesCollaboratorsactivity Negative affect and creativity: The role of creative process engagement and attentional deployment
08/07/2024 - 08/08/2024Oral PresentationInternational Conference on Emotions and Organizational LifeDetailsChicago, IL, United StatesCollaboratorsactivity Self-regulation of creativity: Transforming ideas into products
05/08/2024 - 05/08/2024AddressOffice for Faculty Excellence Faculty Showcase Program, Montclair State UniversityDetailsMontclair, NJ, United Statesactivity Connections between the sources of teachers’ creative self-efficacy and their well-being in school. In S. Braun (Chair), Developing Educators’ Social and Emotional Competencies to Advance Educational Possibilities.
04/11/2024 - 04/14/2024Oral PresentationAnnual Meeting of the American Educational Research AssociationDetailsPhiladelphia, PA, United States
Honors
honor Fellow
01/01/2023National AwardAmerican Psycohlogical Association, Division 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the ArtsDetailsUnited Stateshonor Berlyne Award for Outstanding Early Career Achievement in psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts
08/05/2014National AwardAmerican Psychological Association, Division 10DetailsUnited Stateshonor Award for Excellence in Research
08/31/2007National AwardMensa Education and Research FoundationDetailsUnited States
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- May 15, 2025Source: Forbes
How Leaders Can Prioritize Creativity At Work: Yale Scientist
- May 15, 2025
Boosting Creativity Through the Power of Emotions
- March 10, 2025
APA Division 10 Meets in New Haven: New Insights in Art, Creativity, and Aesthetics
- November 14, 2024
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence: 2023-2024 Research Year in Review
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