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ERIC Number: EJ948857
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0175
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An Investigation into the Psychosocial Functioning of Creative Children: The Impact of ADHD Symptomatology
Healey, Dione; Rucklidge, Julia J.
Journal of Creative Behavior, v40 n4 p243-264 2006
This study examined the relationship among creativity, ADHD symptomatology, temperament, and psychosocial functioning by comparing four groups of children aged 10-12 years: (1) 29 ADHD children without creativity, (2) 16 highly creative children displaying ADHD symptomatology, (3) 18 highly creative children without ADHD symptomatology, and (4) 30 normal controls. Children completed the TTCT, Child Depression Inventory, Revised Child Manifest Anxiety Scale, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Parents completed the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory, Family Environment Scale, and the parent version of the Kastan Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire. Parents completed the Conner's Rating Scales and Child Behavior Checklist, and teachers completed the Child Behaviour Checklist. Results showed that the presence of ADHD symptomatology in creative children was related to their temperamental characteristics, and parent reports of children's levels of anxiety and depression. However, family environment and mother's attributions did not appear to be related to the presence of ADHD symptomatology in creative children. These findings have implications for the development and management of creative children. (Contains 5 tables.)
Creative Education Foundation. 48 North Pleasant Street Suite 301, Amherst, MA 01002. Tel: 508-960-0000; Fax: 413-658-0046; e-mail: contact@creativeeducationfoundation.org; Web site: http://www.journalofcreativebehavior.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Conners Rating Scales; Family Environment Scale; Manifest Anxiety Scale; Child Behavior Checklist; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
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