RT Journal Article
T1 The influence of physical activity on the creativity of 10 and 11-year-old school children
A1 Romance-García, Ángel Ramón
A1 Nielsen-Rodríguez, Adriana
A1 Mendes, Rui Sousa
A1 Dobado-Castañeda, Juan Carlos
A1 Dias, Gonçalo
K1 Creatividad (Educación)
K1 Deportes-Aspectos psicológicos
AB The benefits of physical activity in terms of physical and cognitive health are increasingly being studied and analyzed. However, divergent thinking has been scarcely studied in relation to the exercise performed. This study aimed to analyze whether there is a relationship between creative ability, intensity and amount of physical activity in 10–11 year old children. This research is framed within an ex post facto, descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational approach. The sample of this study consisted of 169 participants (82 boys and 87 girls), from a public Primary School center in southern Spain, aged between 10 and 11 years (M ± SD: age = 10. 48 ± 0.50 years). The amount and intensity of physical activity performed by students was measured by accelerometry, and the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking was used to evaluate the dimensions of creativity Originality, Fluency, Elaboration and Flexibility. All data collected was analyzed, using IBM-SPSS Statistics. Our results have revealed a correlation between the Cognitive Fluency, Originality and Cognitive Flexibility dimensions with moderate-vigorous physical activity. It is concluded that the "key to creativity" may depend on a combination of cognitive, social and family factors (among others). Although there is a tendency for a positive correlation between physical activity and creative ability, more studies are needed to better consolidate these assumptions.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26380
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26380
LA eng
NO Ramón Romance, Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez, Rui Sousa Mendes, Juan Carlos Dobado-Castañeda, Gonçalo Dias, The influence of physical activity on the creativity of 10 and 11-year-old school children, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Volume 48, 2023, 101295, ISSN 1871-1871, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101295
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA.This work was supported by Universidad de M ́alaga (Spain); and by “Formaci ́on del Profesorado Universitario” grant from theMinistry of Education, Culture and Sport, Spain [grant number FPU17/01554].
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026