Perceptions of obstacles to creativity with university students from different subject areas and grade levels

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Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, Volume 2, Number 2.
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Published: Nov 30, 2015

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Maria de Fátima Morais
Universidade do Minho
Portugal
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Leandro S. Almeida
Portugal
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015), Articles, pages 122-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2015.2.2.1358
Submitted: Nov 6, 2015 Accepted: Nov 30, 2015 Published: Nov 30, 2015
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The current features require to be creative and innovative. Everyone can intentionally develop their creative potential and the university should play an important role in this development. However, there are perceptions of barriers to creative expression in university students, although there is very little research about this subject. This study, wants to analyze perceptions of barriers to creativity in Portuguese university students, and were considered 582 students from three subject areas (Arts and Humanities; Science and Technology; Social Sciences and Humanities) and from graduation and post-graduation levels. It was used the Inventory of Personal Barriers to Creative Expression, adapted to the Portuguese reality. Differences were evaluated considering the dimensions of the inventory, but also its items in a more detailed analysis. Significant statistical differences were found in the inventory dimensions for the subject area; in the case of items, they were found for both variables. Some reflections are appointed in order to reconsider practices in the academic daily life.

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creativity, barriers, higher education, curricular domain, academic level

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