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J Youth Adolesc. 1980 Apr;9(2):143-52. doi: 10.1007/BF02087932.
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between divergent thinking and self-esteem in preadolescents and adolescents. A second focus pertained to sex differences in the dependent variables. A total of 115 White middle class subjects ranging in age from 10-17 years responded to a personal data inventory, a self-esteem measure, and a taped auditory free-response exercise in divergent thinking. Subjects were categorized for data analysis into two age groups, preadolescents and adolescents. Scores were obtained for fluency, flexibility, and originality of thought, and for self-esteem. Adolescents were significantly more fluent and flexible than preadolescents. The two age groups did not differ significantly in orginality or self-esteem. Self-esteem correlated significantly with divergent thinking in preadolescents only. Female adolescents scored significantly higher on all dependent measures than adolescent males; there were no sex differences in preadolescents. Results are discussed from both an intra- and interstage developmental perspective on adolescence.
本研究旨在探讨青少年发散思维与自尊之间的关系。另一个关注点是因变量的性别差异。共有 115 名白种中产阶级被试者，年龄在 10-17 岁之间，他们对个人资料清单、自尊量表和录音听觉自由反应发散思维练习做出了回应。被试者被分为两个年龄组，即青少年前和青少年后，用于数据分析。思维流畅性、灵活性和新颖性以及自尊方面的分数均有获得。青少年比青少年前在流畅性和灵活性方面得分更高。两个年龄组在新颖性或自尊方面没有显著差异。只有在青少年前，自尊与发散思维呈显著相关。在所有依赖指标上，女性青少年的得分均显著高于男性青少年；青少年前没有性别差异。结果从青少年的内部和阶段发展视角进行了讨论。
