Abstract

KRUMM, Gabriela  and  LEMOS, Viviana. Artistic activities and creativity in argentinian school-age children. int.j.psychol.res. [online]. 2012, vol.5, n.2, pp.40-48. ISSN 2011-2084.

This work intended to assess whether performing artistic activities influence Creativity. To this end, 301 children aged 8-14 years were assessed. Creativity was studied from a multicomponent assessment, by means of diverse techniques (i.e., sociograms, tests and scales) and different informants (i.e., peers, parents and the child himself/herself). The results consistently indicated that children who perform artistic activities obtained higher scores in Creativity assessed by: the creation of drawings (figural test of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking), parental assessment and the child's creative personality self-assessment (Creative personality scale hetero and auto-evaluation version, Garaigordobil, 2004) and peer assessment (Garaigordobil's Sociogram "Creative peer", 2004).

Keywords : Creatividad; pensamiento creativo; personalidad creadora; educación artística; niños; Creativity; creative thinking; creative personality; artistic education; children.

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