A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Impact of Curiosity-Enhancing Interventions

This is the data file for a meta-analysis. The meta-analysis consolidated the effects of curiosity enhancing interventions. Across 41 randomized controlled trials, with a total of 4,496 participants, interventions significantly increased curiosity. The weighted effect size was Hedges' g =.57 [95% CIs 0.44, 0.70]. The studies included in the meta-analysis used a variety of principles to stimulate curiosity and were conducted with participants in various age groups. The studies used various measures of creativity and measured effects over different time periods. Because higher levels of curiosity tend to be associated with various beneficial outcomes, the finding that across studies interventions are effective in increasing curiosity holds promise for future efforts to increase curiosity to bring about additional benefits.本数据集为一项元分析（meta-analysis）的配套数据文件。该元分析整合了各类提升好奇心干预手段的效应结果。本次分析涵盖41项随机对照试验（randomized controlled trial, RCT），累计纳入4496名受试者，结果显示相关干预手段可显著提升个体好奇心水平。加权效应量为Hedges' g=0.57，95%置信区间（confidence interval, CI）为[0.44, 0.70]。纳入本次元分析的各项研究采用了多样化的好奇心激发原理，受试对象覆盖不同年龄段人群。各研究使用了多样化的创造力测评工具，并在不同时间周期内对干预效果进行了追踪测量。鉴于较高的好奇心水平通常与多种积极结果相关，本次元分析证实各类干预手段均可有效提升好奇心，该发现为未来通过提升好奇心以获取更多附加效益的研究与实践提供了可期的应用前景。