Perceived parental control and Chinese middle school adolescents’ creativity: The mediating role of autonomous motivation.

Ren, Feifei; Li, Yijuan; Zhang, Jinghuan

doi:10.1037/aca0000078

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“…Children raised under excessive parental control may have limited creativity, whereas those raised through parenting practices that ensure a robust parent–child relationship and encourage self‐management may become more creative in adulthood. Studies along similar lines conducted in China have also indicated that moderate parental control can stimulate general creativity (Liu et al, ; Ren et al, ; Wang et al, ).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Perceived parental behavioral control is associated with lower levels of antisocial behaviour in China (Barber, Stolz, Olsen, Collins, & Burchinal, ). Empirical studies have shown that parental control is positively related to ideational fluency, flexibility and originality (Ren et al, ). Thus, the relationship between parenting and children's growth and creativity remains inconclusive.…”

Section: Related Theories and Proposed Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empirical studies have shown that parental control is positively related to ideational fluency, flexibility and originality (Ren et al, 2017). Thus, the relationship between parenting and children's growth and creativity remains inconclusive.…”

Section: Overparenting and Creativitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Chinese parenting tends to be authoritative, authoritarian and indulgent. Such parenting styles may gain favour with children raised in Chinese‐speaking families (Fan & Zhang, ) and foster their creativity (Ren, Li, & Zhang, ). Therefore, it is necessary to test the relationship between parenting and shaping an individual's future creative self‐belief.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Chinese parenting tends to be authoritative, authoritarian and indulgent. Such parenting styles may gain favour with children raised in Chinese-speaking families (Fan & Zhang, 2014) and foster their creativity (Ren, Li, & Zhang, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Heavy parental involvement is widely believed to inhibit creativity. On the basis of this rationale and the self‐creativity literature, this study collected paired data to examine the effects of overparenting (which includes the parental arrangement of daily life affairs and parental involvement in schooling), team learning, and coaching by immediate supervisors on employee creativity (i.e., the creativity of Chinese only‐child millennial employees). The findings are described as follows. First, parental involvement in schooling had a significant and positive effect on employee creativity, and the parental arrangement of daily life affairs was inversely related to employee creativity, as in a U‐shaped relationship. Second, supervisors' coaching behaviours improved employee creativity and partially moderated the relationship between overparenting and employee creativity. Third, team learning moderated the interrelationships between overparenting, coaching behaviours, and employee creativity. This paper discusses the complex factors that shape creativity and provides recommendations regarding the parenting and recruitment of Chinese millennials.

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Creativity Outside School: The Influence of Family Background, Perceived Parenting, and After‐school Activity on Creativity

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Niu

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Journal of Creative Behavior

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The present research involved two studies that investigated the creativity development of Chinese children and young adolescents (9-14 years old). It was hypothesized that family socio-economic status (SES), perceived parenting (e.g., parental autonomy support, involvement, and overcontrol), and after-school activities contribute to the development of creativity. Study 1 showed that self-rated creativity (mini-c) was positively associated with children's perceived parenting and SES, whereas expert-rated creativity (little-c) and teachers' rated creativity was positively associated with academic achievement. Study 2 replicated and expanded Study 1 by involving a larger sample and adding factors from the parents' perspective and new measurements of creativity. Study 2 found that children's perceived parenting and SES were the most significant contributors to the mini-c, followed by age. In terms of little-c, the most significant contributor was children's age, followed by children's perceived parenting and SES. Moreover, participation in after-school activities played a critical role in the development of creativity, as represented by both little-c and mini-c. The implications of this study are discussed.

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