Cultural and Age Differences of Three Groups of Taiwanese Young Children's Creativity and Drawing

This study investigated the cultural and age effects on children's overall creativity and drawing. 1,055 children ages 6 to 8 from three groups—urban and rural Taiwanese children and Taiwanese children of immigrant mothers, all in public schools—were given a creativity test, a people-drawing te...

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Published inPsychological reports Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 900 - 912
Main Authors Wei, Mei-Hue, Dzeng, Annie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2013
Subjects
Age Factors
Child
Creativity
Female
Humans
Male
Rural Population
Students - psychology
Taiwan - ethnology
Urban Population
Taiwan
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Summary:This study investigated the cultural and age effects on children's overall creativity and drawing. 1,055 children ages 6 to 8 from three groups—urban and rural Taiwanese children and Taiwanese children of immigrant mothers, all in public schools—were given a creativity test, a people-drawing test, and a free-drawing test. The results showed that the older Taiwanese children scored higher than the young Taiwanese children on people-drawing and free-drawing, but not overall creativity. Drawing and creativity scores increased in accordance with age. In the six-year-old group, a group difference was found only on the scale of people-drawing. Urban Taiwanese children in the eight-year-old group scored higher than the other two groups of children on creativity and free-drawing. Results are discussed in terms of educational opportunities.
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ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/21.04.PR0.112.3.900-912