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The Jones Inventory

Rounded Rectangle: Abstract ABSTRACT: Four clusters of obstacles have been obtained from the Jones Inventory of Barriers (JIB), a self-report inventory designed to investi­gate barriers to individual creativity in organiza­tional environments. The barriers have been mod­elled as strategic, values, perceptual and self-image factors. Statistical evidence is presented for the reliability and validity of the measure across convenience samples of English speaking respondents (N=364). Correlational patterns be­tween the barriers and a battery of established tests of creativity are complex, but satisfactory, as the barriers were negatively correlated with the cre­ativity measures. Significant differences in mean scores for some barriers were found across the sampled occupational groups, including graduate engineers, architects, and business graduates. The JIB offers promise in a range of diagnostic and personal development situations.

I have a long term interest in testing and trying to understand the people and helping them to develop into the best that they can be.

 

Part of the reason is because I was probably fascinated in what I could be that I engaged with the mechanics of human development.  May be it is a family trait since we have 3 psychologists in my immediate family—father, wife and son. 

 

The Jones Inventory is an instrument to identify the blocks to creative problem solving. It was developed by Les Jones—my father. And I