儿童实用创造力发展及其与家庭环境的关系

CHILDRENS CREATIVITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE EFFECT OF FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

以中小学生(9岁至16岁)为研究对象,采用实用创造力测验任务,探查了儿童创造力的发展以及家庭环境因素对于创造力的影响,并得到如下的结论:(1)儿童的创造力随年龄发展逐渐提高,但创造力新颖性、流畅性和变通性三个维度的发展并不均衡,流畅性和变通性在9至11岁期间比其他年龄阶段发展得更快;(2)家庭环境对于儿童的创造力有直接影响也有间接影响,其中间接影响是通过影响创造性态度而得以实现的。

Using creativity test as task and 310 school students aged from 9 to 16 as subjects, this study explored the development of children's creativity and the effect of family environment on creativity. The findings of this study were: (1) Children's creativity increase with their age. But the development of its three dimensions fluency, flexibility and originality is unbalanced. Compared with other age cohorts, the fluency and flexibility dimensions of creativity develop faster during the age of 9 to 11 years old; (2) Family environment has not only a direct influence but also an indirect influence on children's creativity. The indirect influence is done via creative attitude.