Cognitive Creative Abilities and Self-Esteem across the Adult Life-Span

Autor:	Richard E. Ripple, Gail A. Jaquish
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Adult development media_common.quotation_subject Self-esteem Flexibility (personality) Cognition social sciences Creativity humanities Developmental psychology Fluency Originality Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychology Divergent thinking media_common
Zdroj:	Human Development. 24:110-119
ISSN:	1423-0054 0018-716X
DOI:	10.1159/000272654
Popis:	The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between divergent thinking and self-esteem in age groups across the adult life-span. A total of 218 subjects ranging in age from 18 to 84 years responded to a personal data inventory, a self-esteem measure, and a taped auditory free-response exercise in divergent thinking. Scores were obtained for fluency, flexibility, and originality of thought, and for self-esteem. Self-esteem significantly predicts divergent thinking across age groups; age does not account for a significant amount of the variance in divergent thinking scores. Middle-aged adults score highest on measures of divergent thought and self-esteem. Self-esteem is significantly associated with the expression of divergent thinking in middle-aged adults and elderly persons.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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