PERSONALITY AND CREATIVITY OF PRE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Authors

  • Dr. Jagadeesh Kumar Assistant Professor, Sree Siddaganga College of Education, Tumakuru, Krnataka-572102

Keywords:

creativity, personality, ambiverts, extroverts, introverts, Pre university students

Abstract

This research article focuses on the effect of personality on creativity. In this study with regard to creativity- verbal, non-verbal and total creativity dimensions were considered and with regard to personality- Ambiverts, extroverts and introverts are considered. Even gender is considered as a background variable of the study. The sample consisted of 300 boys and 300 girls, which were drawn by adopting stratified proportionate random sampling from the Pre-University college students of Tumkur District. The data was collected from the sample were analyzed by adopting t-test and ANNOVA. The statistical analysis revealed that there was a main effect of personality on creativity. On the other hand there was no interaction effect of personality and gender on creativity.

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Published

15-09-2019

How to Cite

Dr. Jagadeesh Kumar. (2019). PERSONALITY AND CREATIVITY OF PRE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STUDENTS. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 5(9). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/1877