Validation of creative problem solving questionnaire among education principals in Tehran

Purpose: the purpose of this research is to identify the effective factors of creative problem solving in tehran's education principals in order to provide an appropriate model that is done by exploratory method. methodology: the statistical population consists of all principals of female high school in tehran's 22 educational districts, which number is 850 people. of this community, 304 respondents answered the questionnaire in full. the questionnaire for effective factors on creative problem solving was 47 questions in order to determine the effective factors on creative problem solving in education principals, which identified eight factors through 47 items and the components are as follows: individual characteristics of 72.58, 66.567 information, organizational atmosphere and culture 60.234, rules and regulations 59.659, and rewarding and motivational system 52.693% of the total variance. findings: all of the observed variables measure the recognized and meaningful values of the identified factors. discussion: since the study found that the model has a very good validity and credibility, it can be used as an appropriate diagnostic tool for selecting managers.