Mother‐child relationships and creativity

Creativity through psychosomatics

“…The onesidedly positive or negative view of one or both parents, typical of most patients, is obviously indicative of early developmental fixations. As shown by studies cited in the introduction (e.g., Michel & Dudek, 1991) the parental attitude to the child is a decisive factor for facilitating the child's liberation struggle. Taken together these results could be taken as a support for a previous hypothesis that real creativity cannot blossom until well beyond the Oedipal period when the child can for the first time view his parents in a balanced way, from afar (Smith & Carlsson, 1990).…”

“…Albert and Runco (1989) also noted some correlation between divergent thinking in preadolescent boys and mutual independence between them and their mothers. The results of Michel and Dudek (1991) are even more relevant to the present topic: They found mothers of highly creative children to be less emotionally involved with them than other mothers. These mothers were not likely to be perceived as overprotective and did not deny occasional feelings of hostility.…”

The Interactive Influences of Three Ecological Systems on R & D Employees' Technological Creativity

“…Findings also showed that a less authoritarian parenting style brought about more independence on the part of the offspring and developed more original-thinking children (Jensen & Kingston, 1986). As for parent-child interactions, research findings (Michel & Dudek, 1991) indicated that the avoidance of over protection and intervention, combined with the reception of more love and encouragement, strongly contribute to children's creativity. Moreover, a constructive family atmosphere-such as having flexibility in the family structure, caring about family members, trusting and supporting each other, having chances to express feelings, and thinking highly of cultural and intellectual activities-serves well in the development of creative potential (Bomba & Moran, 1991;Olszewski, Kulieke, & Buescher, 1987).…”

Razlike između spolova u linearnoj povezanosti čimbenika likovnoga razvoja učenika i učenica u drugom razredu osnovne škole

“…Creative potential may also be inhibited by similar patterns found in parental education. Comparison of children with a low level of creativity and those with high levels of creativity, assessed by a Torrance test of creative thinking, has shown that mothers of highly creative children were less emotionally involved with their children and less overprotective than mothers of less creative children 22 . Although similar studies on visual art-related creativity are missing, it is reasonable to believe that parental over-control stifles creativity in general.…”