TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between family emotional atmosphere and creative problem solving with mediator role of Critical thinking among students TT - بررسی ارتباط جو عاطفی خانواده و تفکر انتقادی با حل مسئله خلاق در دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان JF - gums-rme JO - gums-rme VL - 12 IS - 1 UR - http://rme.gums.ac.ir/article-1-882-en.html Y1 - 2020 SP - 14 EP - 23 KW - Emotional Atmosphere KW - Family KW - Critical Thinking KW - Creative KW - problem solving N2 - Introduction: Critical thinking and family emotional atmosphere are two factors that can help students to solve difficult problems. In this regards, it is necessary to examine the relationship between these factors and creative problem solving. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between family emotional atmosphere and creative problem solving among students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in 1397-98. Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational study which has been done on 275 Professional Doctorate students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in the academic year of 1397-98. Sample size were selected using Cochran and stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using standard questionnaires of Hill Burn Family Emotional Atmosphere (1964), Baser Creative Problem Solving (2004) and Rickets Critical Thinking Questionnaire (2003). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression tests by SPSS. The four-step method of Baron and Kenny was used to determine the mediator role. Results: In a sample of 275 students, 167 (60.7%) were male and 108 (39.3%) female. There was also a significant relationship between family emotional atmosphere with creative problem solving (r= 0.231 and P= 0.003) and creativity component (r= 0.243 and P= 0.021). The relationship between critical thinking and creative problem solving (r= 0.385, P= 0.002), excellence (r= 0.383, P= 0.002), and commitment (r= 0.348, P= 0.008) were also significant. Finally, the mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between family emotional atmosphere and creative problem solving was con. Conclusion: based on results, there was a significant relationship between Family's emotional atmosphere and creative problem solving in students. Critical thinking played a mediating role between the two main variables so that two variables were removed from the relationship by being in the relationship of emotional atmosphere and creative problem solving. M3 10.29252/rme.12.1.14 ER -