어머니의 내,외통제성과 자녀의 창의적 인성 및 창의적 사고력과의 관계 -아동학과 유아교육과 학생을 대상으로- = Relationships between the Mothers` Internal-External Locus of Control, and Daughters` and Sons` Creative Personality and Creative Thinking Ability

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present study aimed to explore the relationships between the mothers` internal-external locus of control, and daughters` and sons` creative personality and creative thinking ability. The 62 students majoring in child studies and early childhood education as well as their mothers were participated in this study. The results were as follows. The mothers` internal locus of control was correlated significantly to the autonomy, openness, curiosity and total score of creative personality of their daughters and sons. And it was also correlated with the flexibility, originality and total score of creative thinking ability of their daughters and sons. But the mothers` external locus of control was not significantly correlated with those factors. The multiple regression analyses demonstrated that the mothers` internal locus of control was a significant predictor of the daughters` and sons` creative personality (autonomy, openness, curiosity and total score) and creative thinking ability (flexibility, originality and total score), while the mothers` external locus of control wasn`t a significant predictor of those factors. Finally the daughters` and sons` creative personality and creative thinking ability belonging to the high mothers` internal locus of control group are significantly higher than those of the low internal locus of control group. In contrast, there are no significant differences between the high mothers` external locus of control group and the low mothers` external locus of control group, in the daughters` and sons` creative personality and creative thinking ability. These results suggest that mothers` internal locus of control is a very important factor to facilitate their daughters` and sons` creative personality and creative thinking ability.