THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY AND PARAMETERS OF CREATIVITY OF STUDENTS

Uncertainty tolerance is a systematic, persistent tendency of a person to react more or less intensely to the perceived ambiguity. Tolerance of uncertainty is activated in situations of decision-making or solving problems. How productive can be people’s behavior in unexpected, uncertain situations is largely determined by their creative potential. In the circumstances of ambiguity and multitasking, uncertainty tolerance and creativity are included in the structure of essential qualities of various professional careers, which emphasizes the necessity to study the correlation between these phenomena. There are 148 students from Novosibirsk State Medical University - the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year students - taking part in the empirical study. Among them are 25 boys and 123 girls. The average age of the subjects is 20±2.2 years. The data obtained from the study demonstrate a significant positive correlation between uncertainty tolerance and many creativity indicators. This proves that students with a high level of uncertainty tolerance have a higher level of real (originality, emotional sensitivity/empathy) and ideal parameters of creativity (imagination, creative thinking, originality, curiosity). Thus, situations that generate ambiguity and uncertainty engage students’ creative potential and allow for unconventional decisions, flexible behavior, perception of various aspects of a problem, and emotional response to the ambiguity.