Creative Potential, Creative Achievement, and Personal Growth

We tested the idea that young people who have creative potential (are complex and unconventional) increase in intrapsychic awareness as they mature but often have difficulty with psychosocial growth, especially the development of a cohesive identity; and that for some women commitment to creative wo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of personality 2000-02, Vol.68 (1), p.1-27
Hauptverfasser: Helson, Ravenna, Pals, Jennifer L.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We tested the idea that young people who have creative potential (are complex and unconventional) increase in intrapsychic awareness as they mature but often have difficulty with psychosocial growth, especially the development of a cohesive identity; and that for some women commitment to creative work solves the problem of psychosocial integration and leads to creative achievement. In a longitudinal sample of 109 women, these ideas were supported: Creative potential and creative achievement were both associated with intrapsychic growth but only creative achievement was associated with psychosocial growth. Regression analyses showed that the development of a cohesive identity from early to middle adulthood added to and interacted with creative potential in the prediction of creative achievement.
ISSN:0022-3506
1467-6494
DOI:10.1111/1467-6494.00089