<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Spontaneous creative activity among adolescents has been overlooked in creativity literature. This article overviews everyday creativity in adolescence, with a focus on medium-and -long term creative projects conducted in- and out-of-school. Almost one thousand Polish adolescents provided quite detailed descriptions of their creative projects conducted within the last year. These activities were classified, with a particular focus on multiple micro-domains. Students most often described creative behaviors performed outside of school as compared to school-related activities. Likelihood of engaging in creativity within different domains as well as the level of creativity were linked to participants’ creative self-concept, creative mindsets, and personality. Limitations and future directions are discussed.</p></abstract>

Spontaneous creative activity among adolescents has been overlooked in creativity literature. This article overviews everyday creativity in adolescence, with a focus on medium-and -long term creative projects conducted in- and out-of-school. Almost one thousand Polish adolescents provided quite detailed descriptions of their creative projects conducted within the last year. These activities were classified, with a particular focus on multiple micro-domains. Students most often described creative behaviors performed outside of school as compared to school-related activities. Likelihood of engaging in creativity within different domains as well as the level of creativity were linked to participants’ creative self-concept, creative mindsets, and personality. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

Mapping Adolescents’ Everyday Creativity

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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Spontaneous creative activity among adolescents has been overlooked in creativity literature. This article overviews everyday creativity in adolescence, with a...

Mapping Adolescents’ Everyday Creativity

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Nov. 2020

Seitenbereich: 208 - 229

Eingereicht: 04. Aug. 2020

Akzeptiert: 11. Aug. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0012

Schlüsselwörter
Everyday creativity, creativity, Adolescents, School, Domain-specificity

© 2020 Aleksandra Zielińska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mapping Adolescents’ Everyday Creativity

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Nov. 2020

Seitenbereich: 208 - 229

Eingereicht: 04. Aug. 2020

Akzeptiert: 11. Aug. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0012

SchlüsselwörterEveryday creativity, creativity, Adolescents, School, Domain-specificity

© 2020 Aleksandra Zielińska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Everyday creativity, creativity, Adolescents, School, Domain-specificity