(2018) Science and education, 1, 71-76. Odessa.

Liu Yan,
post-graduate student, Department of Developmental Psychology and Social Communications,
South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky,
26, Staroportofrankivska Str., Odesa, Ukraine

PERSONAL BASIS OF GENERAL CREATIVITY

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the personal basis of general creative abilities. The survey involved 62 students aged from 19 to 21. For the assessment of personality properties, the Freiburg Personality Inventory was used. The general creative abilities of the subjects were evaluated using Creative Abilities Inventory by Pavliutenkov. The results of the research have shown that general creative abilities are determined by intellectual activity, which unites both intellectual and personal components. Testing the level of general creative abilities and personality traits, revealing the correlation between them have shown that there is a direct relationship between the level of the development of creative abilities and such personality traits as sociability, reactive aggressiveness, masculinity, mobility and the nervous system stability. These personality characteristics are important for social adaptation and regulation of behavior. Person’s activity, vigor, high level of emotional and strong-willed qualities depend on them. They are closely related to the general creative abilities. If a person is sociable, courageous, socially active, has a strong, mobile nervous system, he or she has a rather high level of creativity. At the same time, there is negative correlation between the level of general creative abilities and the following personality traits: shyness, neuroticism, emotional lability, depressiveness. The high level of these properties is often accompanied by the low level of the general creative abilities of the individual. Among them, shyness is considered to be the greatest barrier in the manifestation of general creative abilities.

general creative abilities, personal basis, personality traits, emotional-volitional personality characteristics, creative potential, creativity, creative activity, abilities.

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