Analysis of Latent Group Transfer of Creative Personality and Influences of Student and Family Factors in Middle School Students

This study aim s to analyze the transfer of creative tendencies in latent group s and the influencing factors related to students and their families. The study subjects were 2,590 middle school students, including 1,405 male students and 1,185 females from the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS). Exploratory factor analysis of creative tendencies showed that competence, originality, creative confidence, and unconventionality were appropriate for creative tendencies. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit. Creative tendencies latent groups were classified into three group s: low creative group , middle creative group, and high creative group. The low creative group showed a high probability of transferring to the low creative group (8 8.10%), the middle creative group showed a high probability of transferring to the low creative group (67 .8 %), and the high creative group showed a high probability of transferring to the low creative group (62.4%) . Subjective achievement, academic satisfaction, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and happiness were essential to transferring to the creative latent group. This study is significant because it identified creative latent group transfer to the lower group and examined influences of student and family-related factors.