Reed Irene C
St Joseph College, Institute of Gerontology, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2005;60(1):1-18. doi: 10.2190/WM5Y-FHEM-CXQT-UEXW.
This study explores creativity and motivation in the second half of life. While many quantitative studies on creativity show decline with advancing age, there is some evidence that creativity may change qualitatively over time. The purpose of this study is to elucidate self-perceived changes in creativity over the life span. The participants included visual artists, both working and retired. A total of 21 adults, ages 53 to 75, participated in the study. Ten of the artists were interviewed in depth regarding the perception of their own creativity over time. Another 11 artists participated in two separate focus groups. All of the participants represented their perceived creativity using an adaptation of the Creative Life-Line Curve (CLLC; Romaniuk, Romaniuk, Sprecher, & Cones, 1983). Findings indicated that participants do not perceive a decline in creativity with age. In-depth analysis of the interviews included qualitative coding to establish a number of themes that permeated the self-perceptions regarding changes in creativity over time. These themes were found to exemplify many of the concepts inherent in the life-span developmental perspective.
本研究探讨了人生后半段的创造力和动机。虽然许多关于创造力的定量研究表明，创造力会随着年龄的增长而下降，但有一些证据表明，创造力可能会随着时间的推移而发生质的变化。本研究的目的是阐明人们对创造力在整个生命周期中变化的自我认知。参与者包括在职和退休的视觉艺术家。共有21名年龄在53岁至75岁之间的成年人参与了这项研究。其中10名艺术家就他们对自己创造力随时间变化的认知接受了深入访谈。另外11名艺术家参加了两个单独的焦点小组。所有参与者都使用一种改编后的“创意生命线曲线”（CLLC；Romaniuk、Romaniuk、Sprecher和Cones，1983年）来展示他们所感知到的创造力。研究结果表明，参与者并不认为创造力会随着年龄的增长而下降。对访谈的深入分析包括定性编码，以确定一些贯穿关于创造力随时间变化的自我认知的主题。这些主题被发现体现了生命周期发展视角中许多固有的概念。
