Creativity: Effect of Family Size and Parenting

Abstract

Present study was undertaken to ascertain the effect of family size and the parenting on creativity of adolescents. Adolescence is the vital stage in perpetuating nature’s evolutionary scheme for mankind, marking the tradition between childhood and adulthood and extend from 10 to 18 years of the age. For the purpose a sample of 100 adolescents was selected on the basis of stratified random sampling technique. Verbal test of creativity (Baqer Mehdi 1989) and the Multi Dimensional Parenting scale by Chauhan and Khokhar (1983) were administered uniformly to all the participants. Obtained data were analyzed and treated with ‘t’ test. Results revealed that small family and democratic parental style are conducive to creativity.