Barbara A Kerr

Biographic Data

ID1381383
NAMEBarbara A Kerr
GIVEN NAMESBarbara A
FAMILY NAMEKerr
SIGNATUREKERR B A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kansas
ORCID0000-0002-4299-7019
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Creative adolescent experiences of education and mental health during Covid‐19

    Open AccessLauren M Zaeske, Taylor P Harris et al.ARTICLEPsychology in the Schools2023

    This qualitative study investigated creative adolescent perceptions of their educational and mental health experiences during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Participants were 25 English‐speaking adolescents from the Midwest in the United States. They were identified as creative by their teachers according to known creative profiles. Participants attended an all‐day creative career workshop in the Spring 2021 semester. The five …

  • A Critical Review of Assessments of Creativity in Education

    Open AccessHaiying Long, Barbara A Kerr et al.ARTICLEReview of Research in Education2022

    This chapter provides a systematic, synthesizing, and critical review of the literature related to assessments of creativity in education from historical, theoretical, empirical, and practical standpoints. We examined the assessments used in the articles focusing on education that are published from January 2010 to May 2021 in eight creativity, psychological, and educational journals. We found that the assessments of creativity in education are s…

  • Personality and vocational interests of creative adolescents from racial and ethnic minorities

    M Alexandra Vuyk, Barbara A KerrARTICLEGifted and Talented International2019

    This study examined personality and vocational interests in creative adolescents from racial and ethnic minority groups in the Midwest, identified with a profiling method developed based oncharacteristics that eminent creative individuals presented inadolescence. Participants included 97 students from different racial and ethnic minority groups, whose personality and vocational interests were described and compared using the Six Factor Personalit…

  • Creativity and innovation in Iceland

    Barbara A Kerr, Maxwell Birdnow et al.ARTICLEGifted and Talented International2017

    This comprehensive literature review (CLR) is an analysis and synthesis of literature, observations, interviews, and artifacts as a means to answer the question, “Why is Iceland so innovative?” Iceland is considered by international indices as a leading nation in innovation in many fields, including design, music, art, and literature. A team of doctoral-level students and master’s-level counselors studying the psychology of creativity collected i…

  • From overexcitabilities to openness

    M Alexandra Vuyk, Barbara A Kerr et al.ARTICLEGifted and Talented International2016

    In the theory of positive disintegration (TPD), Dabrowski described overexcitabilities (OEs), manifestations of inner energy with a developmental purpose that appear more common in gifted individuals. Unfortunately, most studies present OEs outside of the context of the original theory as if they were standalone traits applicable to gifted students. In this atheoretical conceptualization, OEs seem to define the personality trait of openness to ex…

  • An exploration of women’s engagement in Makerspaces

    Vanessa Bean, Nicole M Farmer et al.ARTICLEGifted and Talented International2015

    The Maker Movement is an international trend for communities to form around shared tools and workspaces in order to engage in do-it-yourself activities. Women are underrepresented in Makerspaces, and exploration of issues related to their participation may provide directions for future research. Eight women participated in a focus group study of their motivations, perception, needs, and goals for Makerspace participation. Women participated prima…

  • Meaning, Purpose, and Religiosity in at-Risk Youth

    Open AccessTimothy L Davis, Barbara A Kerr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology and Theology2003

    This study investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and anxiety in at-risk adolescents. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, a revised version of the Allport-Ross Religious Orientation Scale, and the Social Provisions Scale were administered to 45 male and female high school students who were considered to be at-risk. The research found that the higher the spiritual well-being, existential well-bein…

  • Women Helping Women

    Nancy H Bowen, Sharon K McEachren et al.ARTICLEWomen & Therapy1985

    This article presents a working model of a feminist and non-sexist peer counseling service operating in a university setting

  • Training Counselors in Persuasion

    Open AccessBarbara A Kerr, Barbara Kerr et al.ARTICLECounselor Education and Supervision1982Cited by: 4References: 45

    The interpersonal influence model of counseling has implications for counselor training. The behaviors and other cues used to establish counselor expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness-qualities associated with persuasiveness-are described

  • Genetic variability in macaques

    Open AccessLaura Newell Morris, Barbara A Kerr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution1974Cited by: 2References: 25