%0 Journal Article %T The Mediating Role of Thinking Styles in the Relationship between Intelligence and Creativity %J Journal of Applied Psychological Research %I University of Tehran, Psychology and Educational Science Faculty, Institute of Psychology and Educational Science. %Z 2251-8126 %A Hosseini, Mahtab sadat %A Hajizadegan, Marzieh %A Taherifar, Zahra %D 2021 %\ 02/19/2021 %V 11 %N 4 %P 227-243 %! The Mediating Role of Thinking Styles in the Relationship between Intelligence and Creativity %K Creativity %K Thinking styles %K Intelligence %R 10.22059/japr.2021.295897.643418 %X The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of thinking styles in the relationship between intelligence and creativity in 12-to-16-year-old male and female students using descriptive-correlational and multiple regression analyses. The statistical population included all male and female students aged 12-16 years old in the 12th district of Tehran during the second semester of 1396-97. At the end of sampling process, 200 students were selected. The measurement tools were Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV), Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), and Thinking Styles Inventory (TSI).  Data analysis was performed using Multiple Regression. 21-SPSS software were used for data analysis. The results showed the positive effect of intelligence in predicting creativity (0.142), and the negative role of legislative thinking (-0.145) and judgment (-0.165). According to the results, there was no mediating role for legislative and judiciary thinking; however, executive thinking mediated the relationship between intelligence and creativity (0.165). %U https://japr.ut.ac.ir/article_79468_c53a808d57ead472d389653c7501a312.pdf