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Obstacles to Personal Creativity between Brazilian and Mexican University Students: A Comparative Study
Author(s) -
ALENCAR EUNICE M. L. SORIANO,
FLEITH DENISE SOUZA,
MARTINEZ ALBERTINA MITJÁNS
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2003.tb00832.x
Subject(s) - creativity , psychology , shyness , obstacle , point (geometry) , cluster (spacecraft) , pedagogy , mathematics education , social psychology , political science , computer science , anxiety , geometry , mathematics , psychiatry , law , programming language
The study focused on personal obstacles to creativity between 385 Brazilian and 305 Mexican university students. The Obstacles to Personal Creativity Inventory, designed and validated by Alencar (1999b), was administered to these students. The results indicated that Lack of Time/Opportunity was the most frequent obstacle. Significant differences were observed between Brazilian and Mexican students in the cluster of obstacles named Lack of Motivation, and between male and female students in the cluster of obstacles named Inhibition/Shyness. The results point to several obstacles to personal creativity which are common among university students. These obstacles should be known by those involved in education in order for them to help students to be less susceptible to obstacles that hinder their creativity.