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A Cross-Sectional Study between Creativity and Personality of Elementary, Middle and High School Students

초·중·고등학교 학생들의 창의력과 성격 간 상관 연구: 창의력 올림피아드 참가 학생을 중심으로

  • Pyo, Dumi (IT Psychology, Department of Life Media, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Kyungil (Department of Psychology, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Tae Hoon (Department of Psychology, Kyungnam University)
  • 표두미 (아주대학교 라이프미디어 협동과정 IT심리학과) ;
  • 김경일 (아주대학교 심리학과) ;
  • 김태훈 (경남대학교 심리학과)
  • Received : 2015.03.13
  • Accepted : 2015.11.06
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

Personality traits have been considered as one of the stable predictors having significant correlations with creativity, although there is lack of study figuring out whether those relationship keeps constant across different educational stages. Exploratory research is conducted to investigate how the correlation between personality traits and creativity changes before adulthood using HEXACO personality measurement renowned for its efficient prediction and explanation of behavioral patterns. A total of 230 elementary, middle, and high school students who participated in Korea Destination ImagiNation completed two divergent thinking tasks(the Alternative Uses Tasks and the Remote Associates task) and HEXACO to measure their creativity and personality traits, respectively. The results showed there was a correlation between some of the personality traits and creativity, which differed by their educational stages.

개인의 성격은 창의적 능력을 발휘하는 데 있어 유의미한 상관관계를 가지는 안정적인 예측 변인 중 하나이다. 하지만 성격과 창의력 간의 관계가 발달과정에서 동일한 패턴을 유지하는가에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 영어권 이외의 사람들의 성격에 따른 행동 양식을 예측/설명하는 데 더욱 효율적이라고 알려진 HEXACO 성격검사를 사용하여 성인기 이전의 발달 과정에서 개인의 고유한 성격 변인과 창의적 능력 검사와의 상관관계가 어떻게 변화하는지 살펴보고자 탐색적 연구를 진행하였다. 국제학생창의력올림피아드 한국대회에 참여한 초 중 고등학생 230명에 대해 성격검사인 HEXACO와 확산적 사고를 측정하는 대안적 용법 검사(AU) 원격 연합 검사(RAT)의 상관분석을 실시한 결과 성격 변인과 창의적 능력 검사 간의 유의미한 상관을 관찰했으며, 이러한 상관관계가 학력 수준에 따라 서로 다른 양상으로 나타나는 것을 확인하였다.

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