Are Funny Teenagers Creative

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13671007
AutoresMichael S Fabrizi (The University of Tennessee, autor de correspondencia), Howard R Pollio (The University of Tennessee)
Año1987
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas751-761
Fecha de publicación1987-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1987.61.3.751
PMID3438397
OpenAlexW1992014163
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas5

To assess relationships among measures of humor, creativity, and self-concept in early and late adolescents, seventh and eleventh grade students were evaluated on the basis of observational, rating, and psychometric procedures. These included direct observation of humorous events as well as teachers', peers', and raters' judgments of humorousness and creativity. Psychometric measures included the Torrance test and the Piers-Harris Self-concept Scale. For students in both grades, significant correlations were obtained between teachers', observers', and students' ratings of humorousness and humor production. While there were few significant correlations among creativity, humor, and self-concept for seventh graders, for eleventh graders there were many positive correlations. Results were taken to suggest that being humorous is part of a different complex of personal characteristics for seventh and eleventh graders

Creativity · Developmental psychology · Eleventh · Observational study · Rating scale · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Test (biology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Education Practices and Challenges · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology · Social Psychology