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Peer reviewedGaynor, Joni L. Radio; Runco, Mark A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
This study examined the relationship between age-interval between siblings and children's creative abilities, as well as parental views on the creative abilities of 116 children (ages 9-12 years). The study found that larger age intervals resulted in greater creativity and that age intervals also interacted with birth order, family size, and age.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Creative Expression, Creativity
Peer reviewedAlbert, Robert S.; Runco, Mark A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1989
A 16-item questionnaire concerning independence and 3 divergent thinking tests were administered to 3 groups of preadolescent boys (N=91) and their mothers as part of an ongoing longitudinal study of exceptional giftedness. Results indicate significant correlation of mothers' and boys' independence scores with divergent thinking test scores. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Grade 7
Peer reviewedRunco, Mark A.; Albert, Robert S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Two groups of boys and their parents were given five divergent thinking tests as one part of a longitudinal investigation on exceptional giftedness in early adolescence. Canonical and bivariate analyses indicated that there was a strong correlation between the adolescents' divergent thinking test scores and their parents' scores. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking, Exceptional Child Research, Family Characteristics
