Longitudinal Development Changes of Positive and Negative Aspects of Creative Personality in Adolescent and Effects of Youth Activities

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed adolescents’ creativity longitudinal development and how youth activities effect to the changes in creativity development using Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey(KCYPS) 2018 data. Large data on students' positive and negative aspects of creative personality of 7th to 9th grade were analyzed. Results revealed that the creative personality of middle school students tended to decrease in both positive and negative aspects, and the decrease in positive creative personality was greater. Youth activities related with culture/art, adventure, science/information, job/career were positively affected in the initial status of positive creative personality, and science/information and volunteer activities were negatively affected in the slope. Adventure and science/information activities had a positive effect on the initial status of negative creative personality, and adventure activities had a negative effect on the slope. Providing various experiences through extra-curriculum can have a positive effect on creative personality and can help prevent the decrease in creative personality in middle school. Finally, based on the results of this study, the direction of research on creativity development in adolescence and the strategy of creativity education were proposed.