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Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis
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Abdulla Alabbasi, Ahmed M.; Tadik, Harun; Acar, Selcuk; Runco, Mark A. – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
This meta-analysis examined the association of birth order and divergent thinking (DT). The main purpose was to examine how ordinal position (only, first, middle, or last-born) is related to creativity. The results from 27 studies (k= 222; N = 4,690) were analyzed using a multilevel approach. Because some previous studies compared first- vs.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Creative Thinking, Meta Analysis, Creativity
Uncovering the Role of Motor Performance and Creative Thinking on Sports Creativity in Primary School-Aged Children
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Santos, Sara; Monteiro, Diogo – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
The demand for creativity in sports has attracted great interest, looking for factors that predict and release children's creative behavior. Our aim was to determine the effects of motor skills and creative thinking on sports creativity, according to gender and age. 198 children (7.71 ± 1.39 years) were recruited. They completed three motor skills…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Athletics
Age as the Most Prominent Predictor of Young Children's Creativity Performance and Challenges at Critical Turning Points Early in Life
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Vong, Keang Ieng Peggy; Mak, Chi Kuan Miranda; Leung, Shing On; Chang, Shih-Hui – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
This study investigated the relationship among gender, sibling constellation, age, and young children's creativity performance in the Fluency, Imagination, Originality dimensions of creativity, as well as the developmental trajectory of their creativity performance. In total, 493 young children took the Torrance's Thinking Creatively in Action and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Young Children, Performance Factors
From Book to Bludgeon: A Closer Look at Unsolicited Malevolent Responses on the Alternate Uses Task
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Dumas, Denis G.; Strickland, Amanda L. – Creativity Research Journal, 2018
The alternate uses task (AUT) is one of the most commonly utilized measures of divergent thinking within the creativity research literature. Some participants respond to the AUT by describing the possibility of using various common objects in a violent way (e.g., beat someone with a book), and this unsolicited inclination is termed…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Violence
Creativity in Men and Women: Threat, Other-Interest, and Self-Assessment
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Kemmelmeier, Markus; Walton, Andre P. – Creativity Research Journal, 2016
Previous research into gender and creativity has provided little evidence for consistent differences between men and women in creative performance. This research revisits this topic by proposing a person × situation approach, arguing that gender differences in creative performance only occur in certain contexts, but not others. Based on the…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Creativity, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
The Hierarchical Personality Structure of Aspiring Creative Writers
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Maslej, Marta M.; Rain, Marina; Fong, Katrina; Oatley, Keith; Mar, Raymond A. – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
Empirical studies of personality traits in creative writers have demonstrated mixed findings, perhaps due to issues of sampling, measurement, and the reporting of statistical information. The goal of this study is to quantify the personality structure of aspiring creative writers according to a modern hierarchal model of trait personality. A…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Personality Traits, Correlation, Hierarchical Linear Modeling