Comparison of Creativity and Self-Esteem in Students with Employed and Household Mothers

Maryam Safara,Mojtaba Salmabadi,Najmieh Rostami,Zeinab Blori Alkaran

doi:10.5539/ies.v10n2p63

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Abstract

Objective: The present study was carried out to compare creativity and self-esteem in the university students with employed and household mothers in academic years 2014-2015. Method: This research is a descriptive one which is of comparative-casual type. The statistical population includes all undergraduate students of Azad universities of Roudhen, Shahr-e Ray Central Tehran and national universities of Al-Zahra, Shahid Beheshti and Vali-e Asr that among them 240 students (120 males and 120 females) were selected by random and available sampling method. To collect the data, Arjmand’s (2003) questionnaire of creativity and Copper-Smith’s (1967) self-esteem questionnaire were used. To test the hypotheses, independent t-test was used. Findings: The results showed that there is a significant difference between self-esteem in students with employed and household mothers. Also, a significant difference was not observed between the rate of creativity in students with employed and household mothers. Conclusion: The results of the present research can be used to provide proper strategies for mothers, instructors, and those who are relevant with educational affairs to enhance the quality of education, to nurture and flourish creativity and self-esteem in individuals.

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1.1 Statement of the ProblemIn psychology and logic literature, the issue of creativity is addressed in subject of intelligence, thinking and argument
The present study was done to investigate the relationship between creativity and self-esteem in university students with employed and household mothers
The first finding of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between self-esteem in students with employed and household mothers that this result is in agreement with previous researches including Modabberi (2004) and Rezaei (2010)

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Statement of the Problem

In psychology and logic literature, the issue of creativity is addressed in subject of intelligence, thinking and argument. Scientists have recognized the value and importance of creativity for individual and society, and have emphasized on it. They believed that knowledge, art and technology are the products of human creativity (Nofersti and Moein al-Ghorabaei, 2010). The importance of recognizing and nurturing these individuals becomes clear. In the current complex world in which we witness very condensed competitions of different communities to achieve modern technologies and power resources, the creative individuals with new thoughts, like the expensive capitals, have eminent positions, because the more the world in which we live becomes complex, the need to recognize and nurture the creative minds becomes clear and sensible (Abedi, 1993). Sternberg introduces the creativity as thinking about affairs in an unusual method and reaching the unique ways

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