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Table 3.

Instruments for data collection

Construct	Source	Number of items	Cronbach’s alpha
Creative thinking test (CTT)	Zheng & Xiao (1983)	5	0.93
Williams creativity aptitude test (WCAT)	Williams (1993)	50	0.81
Basic Empathy Scale (BES)	Jolliffe & Farrington (2006)	20	cognitive: 0.79 Affective: 0.85

Construct

Source

Number of items

Cronbach’s alpha

Creative thinking test (CTT)

Zheng & Xiao (1983)

0.93

Williams creativity aptitude test (WCAT)

Williams (1993)

0.81

Basic Empathy Scale (BES)

Jolliffe & Farrington (2006)

cognitive: 0.79

Affective: 0.85