Correlates between two measures to Assess Creativity in Argentine Children. CREA and TTCT

Abstract

This study aimed to compare two performance tests that assess creativity in school-aged children. A total of 272 children of both sexes, aged 8-13 years, from different schools of the province of Entre Rios, completed the TTCT Figural, Form A and the Creative Intelligence test, CREA. For data analysis, partial correlations controlling for age and hierarchical regression analysis were used. The results showed significant positive correlations between the CREA and the skills Fluency, Originality, Elaboration and Resistance to Premature Closure of the TTCT; a significant positive correlation between the CREA and the final score of TTCT and the Innovative and the Adaptive factors was also found. Hierarchical regression showed that only Fluency, Elaboration, and both TTCT factors predict Creative Intelligence. These data suggest that the concurrent validity between both tasks is partial; hence, the CREA could be considered an interesting tool for screening, but it should be complemented with the evaluation of other aspects of creativity, not covered by their single score