The Familial Context of Children’s Creativity: Parenting Styles and the Climate for Creativity in Parent–child Relationship

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dimensions of a constructive parenting style, (i.e. parental acceptance and autonomy granting) factors of the climate for creativity in parent–child relationships (encouragement to experience novelty and variety, encouragement of nonconformism, support of perseverance in creative efforts, and encouragement to fantasize), and parents’ visual mental imagery. 313 parents of children between 6 and 12 years of age participated in the study. The results indicated that (a) a constructive parenting style was positively related to three of four factors of the climate for creativity in the parent–child relationships, i.e. encouragement to experience novelty and variety, support of perseverance in creative efforts, and encouragement to fantasize in the parent–child relationship; (b) parents’ level of vividness of mental imagery was positively related with both parental acceptance of child and autonomy support as well as components of climate for creativity in parent–child relationship; (c) mothers scored significantly higher than fathers in exhibiting acceptance of a child; (d) parents’ gender played an important role in the relations between dimensions of constructive parenting style and factors of climate for creativity in parent–child relationships. Findings were discussed in terms of the implications for further research and theory development in the area of family influences on the development of children’s creativity.

Faktor-Faktor Keluarga yang Mempengaruhi Perkembangan Kreativitas Anak Usia Dini

“…Selain sistem konseptual abstrak, aspek kognitif orang tua yang juga terbukti mempengaruhi kreativitas anak adalah kemampuan orang tua untuk berimajinasi yang dinilai dari kejelasan gambaran mental atau vividness mental imagery. Orang tua dengan vividness mental imagery yang lebih tinggi akan memberikan iklim yang lebih kreatif dalam hubungan orang tua dan anak (Jankowska & Gralewski, 2018).…”

“…• Kemampuan bilingual • Sistem konseptual abstrak (abstract conceptual system) • Kejelasan gambaran mental (vividness mental imagery) • Tingkat kreativitas dan sikap kreatif (Matthews, 2002) (Bishop & Chace, 1971) (Jankowska & Gralewski, 2018) (Wallinga & Crase, 1979) (Lebuda dkk., 2020) Sifat kepribadian orang tua:…”

The impact of online parent-child communication quality on the social adaptation of left-behind children: The chain mediating role of parent-child relationship and resilience

“…A good parent-child relationship will increase individual's subjective well-being and reduce feelings of loneliness, depression, and anxiety [19,27,28,29], and this is particularly signi cant for left-behind children of adversity [30]. At the same time, parentchild relationships are also in uenced by parenting styles [31], parental stress [32], and parent-child interaction [33]. In particular, high-quality parent-child communication can promote the healthy development of the parent-child relationship, and facilitate the positive development of the individual [33].…”

A Validity and Reliability Study of the Creativity Supporting Home Environment Scale

“…When the literature is examined, there are very few studies that have examined the relationship between the home environment and children's creativity. Considering the research undertaken outside of Turkey, Pugsley and Acar (2020) examined the effect of parenting style and the home environment on children's creativity, Jankowska and Gralewski (2020) examined the effect of a creative home environment on parenting styles in the child-family relationship, whilst Oh and Choi (2006) developed the Creativity-Supporting Home Environment Scale for Preschool Children. When the studies conducted within Turkey were analyzed, it was found that Can Yaşar and Aral (2011) examined the effect of parental education level on 6-year-old children's creative thinking skills, whilst Erbay and Çağdaş (2007) examined whether the education levels of mothers and their behavior towards their children had any effect on their children's creative thinking levels, and Özyürek and Bedge (2016) examined the effect of teacher and parent attitudes on the problem-solving skills of preschool children.…”