Development of Chinese Junior High School Students’ Creative Potential: Within-Person and Between-Person Effects of Student–Student Support and Need for Cognition

A longitudinal study was conducted to examine the developmental trend of creative potential in Chinese junior high school students and the within-person and between-person effects of student-student support and need for cognition. Two hundred and fourteen Chinese junior high school students participated in the present study (mean age = 13.29 years, SD = 0.49 years, 116 boys). Student-student support, need for cognition, and creative potential...