70 LAUAEN C OATH Abstract: The Relationship of Parental Child-rearing Attitudes to Creativity in Gifted Preschool Children The study investigated the relationship of creativity in young children with their parents' attitudes about childraising. Par- ents (30 mothers, 25 fathers) of 38 gifted preschoolers reported their attitudes and expectations about childrearing and specific child behaviors using Strom's (1984) ParentAsA Teacher Inventory (PAAT). Parents' responses were correlated with their children's creativity scores as measured by Torrance's (1981) creativity test for preschoolers, Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement. A significant positive correlation was found between children's fluency (r = .30) and originality (r = .27) scores and parents' reported tolerance level for frustration on the PAAT. No significant correlations with childrens' creativity scores were found among the other four PAAT subsets: Creativity, Control, Play, and Teaching-Learning. Items on the PAAT Frustration subset include questions about parental responsiveness to child's questions, expression of fears and anxieties, and need for attention. Other questions in this subset are concerned with play behavior - the extent to which fighting, interrupting, making noise, and getting dirty at play are tolerated, number of toys child may play with at one time, and whether it is required that all toys be put away before bedtime. Additional Information may be obtained from: Lauren C. Orth. Address: Torrance Studies of Gifted, Creative, and Future Behaviors, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. \bAune 22 Number 1 FIrst Quam!r

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LAUAEN C OATH

Abstract:

The Relationship of ParentalChild-rearing Attitudes toCreativity in Gifted Preschool Children

The study investigated the relationship of creativity in youngchildren with their parents' attitudes about childraising. Parents (30 mothers, 25 fathers) of 38 gifted preschoolersreported their attitudes and expectations about childrearingand specific child behaviors using Strom's (1984) ParentAsATeacher Inventory (PAAT). Parents' responses were correlated with their children's creativity scores as measured byTorrance's (1981) creativity test for preschoolers, ThinkingCreatively in Action and Movement.

A significant positive correlation was found between children's fluency (r =.30) and originality (r =.27) scores andparents' reported tolerance level for frustration on the PAAT.No significant correlations with childrens' creativity scoreswere found among the other four PAAT subsets: Creativity,Control, Play, and Teaching-Learning.

Items on the PAAT Frustration subset include questionsabout parental responsiveness to child's questions, expressionof fears and anxieties, and need for attention. Other questions in this subset are concerned with play behavior - theextent to which fighting, interrupting, making noise, andgetting dirty at play are tolerated, number of toys child mayplay with at one time, and whether it is required that all toysbe put away before bedtime.

Additional Information may be obtained from:Lauren C. Orth.Address: Torrance Studies of Gifted, Creative, and Future Behaviors,College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

\bAune 22 Number 1 FIrst Quam!r