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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	Age as the Most Prominent Predictor of Young Children’s Creativity Performance and Challenges at Critical Turning Points Early in Life
	Vong, K. I.; Mak, M. C. K.; Leung, S. O.
	2020-06-04
Source Publication	Creativity Research Journal
ISSN	1532-6934
Pages	192-197
Abstract	This study investigates 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 Movement tests, Chinese version - Taiwan. Statistical results of T-tests and correlational analyses showed that amongst gender, sibling constellation, and age, the predictive effect on the three dimensions of creativity all increased with age, regardless of gender and sibling constellation. More specifically, across age, boys performed better than girls in all three dimensions while children without siblings were more creative than those with siblings in Fluency and Originality, but not in Imagination. Regression analyses results confirmed that taking gender and sibling constellation into consideration, the developmental trajectories of these age 4 to 8 children had an overall upward trend in all three dimensions; yet, there was a period of stagnation and even a gentle decrement for boys’ and girls’ Originality between age 5 and 7. Possible social and environmental factors such as curriculum and pedagogy changes these children experienced during age 5 to 7 were discussed.
Keyword	age prominent predictor young children creativity performance early childhood TCAM
Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	47861
Document Type	Journal article
Collection	Faculty of Education
Corresponding Author	Vong, K. I.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Vong, K. I.,Mak, M. C. K.,Leung, S. O.. Age as the Most Prominent Predictor of Young Children’s Creativity Performance and Challenges at Critical Turning Points Early in Life[J]. Creativity Research Journal, 2020, 192-197.
APA	Vong, K. I.., Mak, M. C. K.., & Leung, S. O. (2020). Age as the Most Prominent Predictor of Young Children’s Creativity Performance and Challenges at Critical Turning Points Early in Life. Creativity Research Journal, 192-197.
MLA	Vong, K. I.,et al."Age as the Most Prominent Predictor of Young Children’s Creativity Performance and Challenges at Critical Turning Points Early in Life".Creativity Research Journal (2020):192-197.

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