Individual factors supportive of adolescent creativity include openness to experience, intrinsic motivation, creative self-efficacy, and external attributions for adversity¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Openness to experience was positively associated with adolescent creativity in studies in the review's sample. → van der Zanden 2020 q2 i? Intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy contributed to creative activities and accomplishments in multiple domains. → van der Zanden 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

van der Zanden 2020¶

van der Zanden, P. J. A. C.; Meijer, P. C.; Beghetto, R. A. (2020). A review study about creativity in adolescence: Where is the social context? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 38, article 100702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100702

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Narrative synthesis of questionnaire studies in the review's sample (e.g., Erbas and Bas, 2015; Hong et al., 2014). The review reports openness to experience "positively associated with creativity in studies in our sample," with Hong et al. (2014) finding it related to accomplishments in music, writing and arts but not science and technology.

"Openness to experience, a factor frequently cited in the creativity studies literature as a key correlate of creativity (see Feist, 1998), was also reported as being positively associated with creativity in studies in our sample"

van der Zanden 2020 (2)¶

van der Zanden, P. J. A. C.; Meijer, P. C.; Beghetto, R. A. (2020). A review study about creativity in adolescence: Where is the social context? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 38, article 100702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100702

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The review attributes this to a questionnaire study (N = 439, China) reported in its Table 1. The review reports that "creative self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation contributed to creative activities and accomplishments" across the named domains; personality or motivation variables were not related to technology activities.

"Hong et al. (2014) found that creative self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation contributed to creative activities and accomplishments in the domains of music, writing, arts, and/or science."

Discussion¶

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