Uncovering the Role of Motor Performance and Creative Thinking on Sports Creativity in Primary School-Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Santos, Sara; Monteiro, Diogo
Titel	Uncovering the Role of Motor Performance and Creative Thinking on Sports Creativity in Primary School-Aged Children
Quelle	In: Creativity Research Journal, 33 (2021) 1, S.1-15 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Santos, Sara) ORCID (Monteiro, Diogo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-0419
DOI	10.1080/10400419.2020.1843125
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Creative Thinking; Creativity; Athletics; Children; Elementary School Students; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Performance Tests; Predictor Variables; Creativity Tests; Foreign Countries; Portugal; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Kreatives Denken; Kreativität; Leichtathletik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Prädiktor; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Ausland
Abstract	The demand for creativity in sports has attracted great interest, looking for factors that predict and release children's creative behavior. Our aim was to determine the effects of motor skills and creative thinking on sports creativity, according to gender and age. 198 children (7.71 ± 1.39 years) were recruited. They completed three motor skills tests, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking and the Creative Behavior Assessment in Teams Sports. Sprint and change of direction (COD) established to be complementary pairs since predicted all the creative thinking (CT) components. COD emerged as a reliable indicator for attempts and originality in game settings. Abstractness of titles emerged as a key component of CT on sports creativity. According to gender, sprint and COD differently predicted the outcomes; in younger ages both were more effective in predicting CT components. Our findings support an interplay between motor, thinking, and sports creativity, revealing commonalities in the underlying processes responsible for driving CT and novel behaviors in sport. Training programs enforced in motor performance and CT should be included in primary schools' curricula and in youth sports academies, assisting sports scientists, coaches, and teachers to develop more effective enrichment environments for fostering children's creative behavior and sports creativity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01