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Sex, Birth Order, and Creativity in the Context of China's One-Child Policy and Son Preference

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  • Author(s): Guo, Jiajun (ORCID Guo, Jiajun (ORCID 0000-0003-4379-2661); Lin, Shengjie (ORCID Lin, Shengjie (ORCID 0000-0002-1352-321X); Guo, Yawei (ORCID Guo, Yawei (ORCID 0000-0002-0583-160X)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Creativity Research Journal. 2018 30(4):361-369.
  • Publication Date:
    2018
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      9
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Gender Differences; Problem Solving; Birth Order; Imagination; Visualization; Foreign Countries; Sibling Relationship; Confucianism; Cultural Influences; State Universities; College Students; Creative Thinking; Tests; Public Policy; Family Size; Sons; Daughters; Scores; Correlation
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/10400419.2018.1530535
    • ISSN:
      1040-0419
    • Abstract:
      The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of sibling constellation (sex and birth order) on creativity in the context of China's one-child policy (OCP) and Confucian culture (e.g., preference for male offspring). Participants were recruited from a public university in east China and were asked to complete 2 divergent thinking tests, including a line meaning test and a real-world problem test. Data collected from those born in or after 1979 (the year OCP was implemented in China) were selected. The sample was further divided into 6 groups for comparisons including first son, first daughter, later son, later daughter, only son, and only daughter. Results indicated that "only children" exhibited significantly higher abilities in visual imagination (line meaning) tasks than children with siblings. Further, testing revealed that only daughters exhibited the highest abilities, both in visual imagination (line meaning) and creative problem solving (real-world problems), as compared to other sibling constellation groups. Specifically, only daughters scored higher than later daughters in visual imagination. They also showed higher abilities than first sons in both types of creative potential tests. Implications are further discussed in the paper.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      58
    • Publication Date:
      2018
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1200024