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Creative Potential, Creative Achievement, and Personal Growth
Author(s) -
Helson Ravenna,
Pals Jennifer L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6494.00089
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , creative problem solving , identity (music) , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , developmental psychology , personal development , personal identity , social psychology , creative work , need for achievement , creativity , self concept , psychotherapist , physics , political science , acoustics , law
We tested the idea that young people who have creative potential (are complex and unconventional) increase in intrapsychic awareness as they mature but often have difficulty with psychosocial growth, especially the development of a cohesive identity; and that for some women commitment to creative work solves the problem of psychosocial integration and leads to creative achievement. In a longitudinal sample of 109 women, these ideas were supported: Creative potential and creative achievement were both associated with intrapsychic growth but only creative achievement was associated with psychosocial growth. Regression analyses showed that the development of a cohesive identity from early to middle adulthood added to and interacted with creative potential in the prediction of creative achievement.