Functionality of the Family System in the Perception of Adolescent Students with Different Levels of Creative Attitudes

Abstract

The article analyses adolescents’ perceptions of the functionality of the family system (N = 335 persons, age 16–18 years) in the light of different levels of creative and reproductive attitudes. The results showed no significant relationships between a global sense of family functionality and the level of creative and reproductive attitudes of adolescents, but significant negative relationships were obtained between the intensity of family developmental difficulties and nonconformity and heuristic behaviour: components of creative attitude. It was also found that algorithmic behaviour (the cognitive component of reproductive attitudes) positively correlates with family cohesion and mutual understanding: positive dimensions of the functioning of the family system. In turn, conformism correlated with the adolescents' perception of the pathogenic roles of family members. The results obtained justify the need for further research on family determinants of the formation of creative attitudes in adolescents.