Uncovering the Role of Motor Performance and Creative Thinking on Sports Creativity in Primary School-aged Children

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ID21612232
AutoresSara Santos (0000-0001-8852-3380, University Institute of Maia (ISMAI) and University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal, autor correspondente), Diogo Monteiro (0000-0002-7179-6814, ESECS, Polytechnique of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal)
Ano2021
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas1-15
Data de publicação2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCreativity Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1040-0419 • E-ISSN: 1532-6934
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10400419.2020.1843125
OpenAlexW3105390365
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas44

The demand for creativity in sports has attracted great interest, looking for factors that predict and release children’s creative behavior. Our aim was to determine the effects of motor skills and creative thinking on sports creativity, according to gender and age. 198 children (7.71 ± 1.39 years) were recruited. They completed three motor skills tests, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking and the Creative Behavior Assessment in Teams Sports. Sprint and change of direction (COD) established to be complementary pairs since predicted all the creative thinking (CT) components. COD emerged as a reliable indicator for attempts and originality in game settings. Abstractness of titles emerged as a key component of CT on sports creativity. According to gender, sprint and COD differently predicted the outcomes; in younger ages both were more effective in predicting CT components. Our findings support an interplay between motor, thinking, and sports creativity, revealing commonalities in the underlying processes responsible for driving CT and novel behaviors in sport. Training programs enforced in motor performance and CT should be included in primary schools’ curricula and in youth sports academies, assisting sports scientists, coaches, and teachers to develop more effective enrichment environments for fostering children’s creative behavior and sports creativity

Convergent thinking · Creative thinking · Creativity · Creativity technique · Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Divergent thinking · Mathematics education · Motor skill · Originality · Pedagogy · Physical therapy · Sprint · Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking · Applied Psychology · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology