PERSONALITY OF CREATIVELY GIFTED : AN INSIGHT.

Creativity has been a topic of ever increasing interest in view of its significant contribution to every domain of life. Personality traits have been periodically knit together and researched with creativity. The present paper is an endeavour to study the personality patterns of Creatively Gifted. The present study was designed to affirm the uniqueness of personality traits of the 40 creatively gifted and 40 average creative Indian youth. TTCT (figural) by Torrance (1990) was used to screen in the Creatively Gifted in Fine Arts and Average Creatives (scoring criterion set by Georgia board of Education Rule 160-4-2-.38). Creatively Gifted in other domains i.e. Department of Dance, Department of Fine Arts, Department of Music, Department of Theatre and Department of GurmatSangeet were screened in using Consensual Assessment Technique (Amabile, 1982). Alongside scores were obtained on the NEO PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992). Difference of scores between the Creatively Gifted and Average Creatives were significant on Big Five personality traits. These findings have pertinent implications for parents and teachers of creatively gifted students with regard to providing them with the kind of environment required to excel. They need to be challenged in new ways and given the opportunity to explore their innate gifts.Differentiating curriculum to meet the needs of our talented students is critical for developing a stimulating learning environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]