Table 4.

The mediating effect analysis of emotions and cognitive flexibility.

Predictors	Outcome variables	β	SE	t	p
Direct effect
Priming type	Creativity	0.94	0.46	2.04	0.04
Indirect effect
Priming type	Cognitive flexibility	0.29	0.16	1.87	0.07
	Surprised	1.796	0.39	4.62	<0.001
	Delighted	–0.083	0.29	–0.28	0.78
Cognitive flexibility	Creativity	0.611	0.29	2.11	0.04
Surprise		–0.017	0.12	–0.15	0.88
Delight		0.269	0.15	1.75	0.08
Priming type		0.819	0.51	1.62	0.11
R2		0.045
F		4.16+