Parents’ Creative Self-Concept and Creative Activity as Predictors of Family Lifestyle

Izabela Lebuda, Dorota M. Jankowska and Maciej Karwowski
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Izabela Lebuda: Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-527 Wrocław, Poland
Dorota M. Jankowska: Institute of Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-353 Warszawa, Poland
Maciej Karwowski: Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-527 Wrocław, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: Family rules, routines, and resources shape children’s creativity. However, little is known about how parents’ creative self-concepts and creative activity are related to the lifestyle adults create in their families. Family lifestyle might be operationalized as referring to domain-general dimensions of family social functioning (cohesion, flexibility, communication, and family satisfaction) and domain-specific factors related to creativity, namely, family climate for creativity (encouragement to experience novelty and varieties, encouragement to nonconformism, support of perseverance in creative efforts, encouragement to fantasize). To explore the link between parents’ creativity-related characteristics and family lifestyle, 303 Polish parents (57% mothers) of children aged between 6 and 10 ( M = 7.99; SD = 1.38) reported on their creative self-concept (creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity), creative activity, overall family lifestyle, and climate for creativity in their families. We found that parents’ creative self-concept and their creative activity predict support for creativity in the family and more general balanced and satisfying family relationships. We discuss these findings, point new paths for future research, and suggest possible interventions to strengthen families as creativity-fostering environments.

Keywords: creative activity; creative self-concept; family climate for creativity; family social functioning; family cohesion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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