On the Relationship between Middle School Students’ Parenting Styles and Creative Thinking: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the relationship between parenting styles, self-concept and creative thinking. 429 junior middle school students completed the short form of Parenting Style Scale(EMBU), Tennessee Self-concept Scale(TSCS) and Torrance Test of Creative Thinking(TTCT). The results showed that: 1) paternal emotional warmth positively predicted creative performance, whereas paternal severe punishment negatively predicted creative performance, and similar relation was found for maternal parenting style; 2) general self-concept completely mediated paternal severe punishment and originality; 3) self-identity mediated the relationship between parental emotional warmth/parental severe punishment and creative thinking. The relationship between self-concept, parental severe punishment and creativity as well as the implications of these finding were discussed.

Key words: parenting styles, self-concept, self-identity, creative thinking

摘要： 采用父母教养方式评价量表、田纳西自我概念量表和托兰斯创造性思维测验(中文版)，测量了429名初中生的父母教养方式、自我概念与创造思维，并对其关系进行考察。结果发现:(1)父亲温暖、理解显著正向预测初中生的创造思维，父亲惩罚、严厉显著负向预测初中生的创造思维，母亲教养方式与之呈现出相似的预测模式;(2)自我概念在父亲惩罚、严厉与独创性间起中介作用;(3)在自我概念的三个维度中，只有自我认同在父母温暖、理解/父母惩罚、严厉与创造思维间起中介作用。作者着重探讨了父母惩罚、严厉，自我概念与创造思维的关系以及对父母教养子女的启示。

关键词: 父母教养方式, 自我概念, 自我认同, 创造思维

CLC Number:

B848

Zhang Jinghuan,Li Jianquan,Zheng Xuemei,Zhang Shun,Liu Guirong. On the Relationship between Middle School Students’ Parenting Styles and Creative Thinking: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2014, 12(2): 145-150.

张景焕，李建全，郑雪梅，张舜，刘桂荣. 父母教养方式对初中生创造思维的影响:自我概念的中介作用^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2014, 12(2): 145-150.

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