Contact information

Mailing Address: Department of Psychology, Institute for Population and Human Studies,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
“Acad. G. Bonchev” Str., block 6, floor 5, office 508, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
Phone: + 359 2 979 30 02
E-mail: kstoycheva@iphs.eu

Research Interests

Tolerance for ambiguity; Creative personality and creative motivation; Creative problem solving
and decision making; Creativity measurement and evaluation; Development of creativity;
Creativity at school; Gifted children

Education

1991-1993 – PhD in Psychology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1982-1985 – Specialisation in Cultural Studies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1979-1984 – Master Degree in Psychology & French language, Sofia University “St. K.Оhridski”

Academic Positions

November 2018 – present – Professor, IPHS, BAS
March – October 2018 – Associate Professor, IPHS, BAS
2004 – 2007, Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, BAS
1994 – 2004, Assistant Professor, Institute of Psychology, BAS
1992-2020 – Lecturer, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian
University (Adjunct Faculty)

Research Projects (last 5 Years)

Study of the creative thinking skills and creative motivation in the students of UNITY
Academy during the 2017-2018 academic year
The study was requested and funded by the “FOUNDATION” Foundation in the period from
1.11.2017 to 31.07.2018. Its realization asked for: elaboration of the research design; gathering a
team of psychologists to carry out the test (December 2017) and the re-test (May 2018); scoring
of the tests, data analyses, and presentation and interpretation of the findings. Project’s outcomes
involve a 44-pages research report delivered to the funding agency; a summary of the study
results which is published on the Academy’s website (https://unity.bg/bg/proekt-razvitie-nadetskoto-tvorchesko-mislene/); and a presentation of the study and its findings to the parents of
the participating students (17.11.2018)

Teaching and PhD Supervision

New Bulgarian University – Courses on Psychology of Personality and Psychology of Creativity
for the English -language BA Program in Psychology (2014 – 2020); course on Creativity in
Organisations for the MA Program in Organisational and Social Psychology (2013 – 2018);
courses on Psychology of the Creative Personality, Education and Creativity, and Social Ecology
of Creativity for the BA Program in Psychology (1992- 1996; 2007-2013); courses on
Psychology of the Creative Personality for the MA Program in Theatre Arts (2000) and on
Development of Creativity for the European students’ exchange program ERASMUS (2001).
IPHS – BAS: Supervision of the PhD candidate Anet Marinova – Mitova, 2019-2022.

Selected Publications (10 in the last 10 Years)

Books

Stoycheva, K. (2018). De Daumier-Smith and the Creative Thinking. Sofia: Paradigma (in
Bulgarian)

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Stoycheva, K. (2011) Intolerance, uncertainty, and individual behaviour in ambiguous situations.
In: K. Stoycheva and A. Kostov (Eds.) A Place, a Time and an Opportunity for Growth.
Bulgarian Scholars at NIAS (pp. 63-73). Veliko Tarnovo: FABER Publishing House.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Stoycheva, K., Popova, K. (2019). Tolerance/Intolerance of Ambiguity: Assessing Its Perceived
Importance. Psychological Research, Volume 20, Number 3, 629-640.
Stoycheva, K., Stetinski, D., Popova, K. (2014). Studies on the validity of Ivan Paspalanov’s
questionnaire for measuring rigidity, Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, No 4, pp. 27-46 (in
Bulgarian)
Stoycheva, K., Stetinski, D., Popova, K. (2013). Age and education differences in personality
rigidity and its components. Psychological Investigations, No1, pp. 59-70 (in Bulgarian).
Stoycheva, K., Stetinski, D., Popova, K. (2008). Torrance’s Creative Motivation Scale:
Reliability and construct validity of its Bulgarian form. Psychological Investigations, No1, pp.
215-230 (in Bulgarian).

Papers in Scientific Conference Proceedings

Stoycheva, K., Petkova, K. (2019). Education, learning, and creativity. In: “Social Psychology
and Society: History and Present”, Collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical
conference with international participation in memory of the academician of the Russian
Academy of Education A.V. Petrovsky (October 15-16, 2019). Moscow: MSUPE.
Stoycheva, K. (2014). Research and measurement of ambiguity tolerance in the workplace. In:
Proceedings of the VII National Congress of Psychology (pp. 41-53), Sofia (in Bulgarian).
Stoycheva, K., Stetinski, D., Popova, K. (2011). The study of rigidity in personality: Featuring
Ivan Paspalanov’s questionnaire for measuring rigidity (Proceedings of the VI National Congress
of Psychology), 3-4, 136-142 (in Bulgarian).
Stoycheva, K. (2010). Tolerance for ambiguity, creativity, and personality. Bulgarian Journal of
Psychology (SEERCP 2009 Conference Papers, Part Two), 1-4, 178 – 188.