Translation and Validation of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale on a Croatian Sample of Early Childhood and Preschool Education Students

• Published in: CEPS journal Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 163 - 179
• Main Author: Županić Benić, Marijana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ljubljana University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education 28.09.2021; University of Ljubljana
• Subjects: Creative Teaching; Creativity; creativity self-assessment; domains of creativity; factor analysis; kaufman domains of creativity scale; Lifelong Learning; Preschool children; Preschool education; scale validation; Students; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Young Children
• ISSN: 1855-9719; 2232-2647
• DOI: 10.26529/cepsj.708

The current literature describes creativity as a domain-specific phenomenon. According to Kaufman’s five-factor model, creativity can manifest in the following distinctive domains: Self/Everyday, Scholarly, Performance, Mechanical/Scientific and Artistic. The purpose of the present study was to validate the Croatian version of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale. The scale was administered to a sample of early childhood and preschool education students (N = 222). The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that certain Self/Everyday tasks did not load on any of the scales, whereas some music-related tasks separated from other Performance tasks into a separate factor. These results could be explained by the characteristics of the convenience sample recruited for the study. The confirmatory factor analysis of the five-factor model and goodness-of-fit tests yielded results that are as satisfactory and consistent as previous validations. The Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale is therefore considered to be a potentially feasible scale for assessing creativity as a domain-specific phenomenon. Additional research is needed to confirm the validity of the Croatian version of the scale with a representative random sample.