East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Scand J Psychol. 2020 Apr;61(2):177-182. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12591. Epub 2019 Nov 8.
This study examined the relationship between family SES and children's creativity, and tested the mediating role of diversity of life experience in this relationship. A total of 204 undergraduates (54 males and 150 females), aged between 17 and 23 years, completed a family SES questionnaire, diversity of life experience questionnaire, biographical inventory of creative behaviors, and alternative uses tasks (AUT). The results showed positive associations between family SES, diversity of life experience, and different indices of creativity. Additionally, mediation analyses indicated that diversity of life experience fully mediated the effect of family SES on creative behavior and AUT originality. In accordance with the family investment model, these results confirmed the positive association between family SES and creativity, and identified diversity of life experience as a mediating variable through which family SES influences creativity performance. Implications and future directions are discussed in detail.
本研究考察了家庭社会经济地位（SES）与儿童创造力之间的关系，并检验了生活经验多样性在这种关系中的中介作用。共有 204 名本科生（54 名男性和 150 名女性），年龄在 17 至 23 岁之间，完成了家庭 SES 问卷、生活经验多样性问卷、创造性行为传记量表和替代用途任务（AUT）。结果表明，家庭 SES、生活经验多样性与创造力的不同指标之间存在正相关关系。此外，中介分析表明，生活经验多样性完全中介了家庭 SES 对创造性行为和 AUT 原创性的影响。根据家庭投资模型，这些结果证实了家庭 SES 与创造力之间的正相关关系，并确定了生活经验多样性作为一个中介变量，通过它家庭 SES 影响创造力表现。详细讨论了这些结果的意义和未来方向。
