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Creativity and Self‐esteem in Adolescence: A Study of Their Domain‐Specific, Multivariate Relationships

The Journal of Creative Behavior

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Abstract

--- - |2 Abstract Although empirical investigations on the Creative Self have historically started with a focus on self‐esteem, the literature on its relationship with creative performance remains thin and inconsistent, with estimated relationships ranging from moderate and negative, to strongly positive. Discrepancies may be explained by the domain‐specificity of both creativity and self‐esteem that have been widely overlooked in this line of work. Therefore, this study explores the multivariate relationships between creativity in three domains (Music, Literary‐Verbal, Graphic) and self‐esteem in seven domains (e.g., Academic, Emotional) among 170 adolescents. Creative productions were scored by four raters, and latent consensus in each domain captured using a multi‐informant latent‐consensus model in SEM. This model was further extended in a structural model reveling that (a) creativity is mainly domain‐specific, and (b) the contribution of domain‐specific self‐esteem on domain‐specific creativity greatly varies according to both the domains of creativity and self‐esteem. Up to 30% of the variance in creative performance was explained by “domain‐relevant” self‐esteem facets, and a moderate contribution of creative self‐esteem across creativity domains. Results are discussed in light of several important methodological directions for this line of work, as well as its implications for creativity‐based interventions designed to support positive self‐esteem development in adolescence. - The Journal of Creative Behavior, EarlyView.