Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem

Creativity is a construct that aids in conflict resolution. Through the development of creative skills in adolescence, young people can carry out a series of strategies to make decisions or respond to a problem. The possession of creative skills helps students’ personal wellbeing. The aim of this re...

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Váldodahkkit: Alba González Moreno, María del Mar Molero Jurado
Materiálatiipa: Artihkal
Giella:English
Almmustuhtton: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Ráidu:Behavioral Sciences
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Liŋkkat:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/12/997
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description Creativity is a construct that aids in conflict resolution. Through the development of creative skills in adolescence, young people can carry out a series of strategies to make decisions or respond to a problem. The possession of creative skills helps students’ personal wellbeing. The aim of this research is to analyze the relationships established between creativity and other individual variables such as academic performance, self-esteem and stress in adolescent students. The following descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with a total sample of 743 adolescent students, between 14 and 19 years of age, from different educational centers in the province of Almería (Spain). The results obtained indicate a positive correlation between creativity and self-esteem and significant differences in the level of creativity among students who have repeated an academic year. Regression analyses indicate that both stress and creativity are two predictor variables of self-esteem. On the other hand, another of the findings obtained is that creativity acts as a mediating variable between self-esteem and repeating an academic year. It is discussed how creativity is a beneficial element in adolescence and, therefore, how its promotion can help the optimal development of adolescent students.
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spelling doaj.art-71eb643bbd0444be83fe05d0a2be1e562023-12-22T13:53:46ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-12-01131299710.3390/bs13120997Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-EsteemAlba González Moreno0María del Mar Molero Jurado1Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartment of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainCreativity is a construct that aids in conflict resolution. Through the development of creative skills in adolescence, young people can carry out a series of strategies to make decisions or respond to a problem. The possession of creative skills helps students’ personal wellbeing. The aim of this research is to analyze the relationships established between creativity and other individual variables such as academic performance, self-esteem and stress in adolescent students. The following descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with a total sample of 743 adolescent students, between 14 and 19 years of age, from different educational centers in the province of Almería (Spain). The results obtained indicate a positive correlation between creativity and self-esteem and significant differences in the level of creativity among students who have repeated an academic year. Regression analyses indicate that both stress and creativity are two predictor variables of self-esteem. On the other hand, another of the findings obtained is that creativity acts as a mediating variable between self-esteem and repeating an academic year. It is discussed how creativity is a beneficial element in adolescence and, therefore, how its promotion can help the optimal development of adolescent students.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/12/997creativityacademic performancestressself-esteemadolescence
spellingShingle Alba González Moreno
María del Mar Molero Jurado
Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
Behavioral Sciences
creativity
academic performance
stress
self-esteem
adolescence
title Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
title_full Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
title_fullStr Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
title_full_unstemmed Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
title_short Creativity as a Positive Factor in the Adolescence Stage: Relations with Academic Performance, Stress and Self-Esteem
title_sort creativity as a positive factor in the adolescence stage relations with academic performance stress and self esteem
topic creativity
academic performance
stress
self-esteem
adolescence
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/12/997
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