The development of creative capacity in young people

Abstract

Within the psychological intervention strategies aimed at improving the various potentialities of people, the training of creative abilities appears as a vitally important element for the generation of an effective response of modern man to an environment in constant transformation. This article shows the effectiveness in increasing these capacities, in a sample of subjects, through specific training based on the "creative process", whose different stages lead to the creative resolution of problems. In addition to specific training in techniques creative, an accepting psychological climate and the recognition of creativity blocks were provided , generating at the same time increases in the self-esteem levels of the trained subjects.