Advances in Measuring Creativity in Latin America and Spain

Abstract

In more recent years, both the study of creativity, as well as its measurement
have risen to prominence.The present work aims at identifying certain instruments developed in Latin America and Spain in order to assess creativity, and analyzing from which creative approach they are positioned, which dimensions they evaluate and the psychometric properties they obtain. Following the PRISMA guide-line, eleven empirical studies that met the inclusion criteria were selected, extracted from the databases of ERIC, Scielo, Latindex, Science Direct, Scopus, Dialnet, Redalyc and Google Scholar. Results according to the objective of the research, it was found that the most used approaches to evaluate creativity were those of the person and of the processes. In general, the outcomes reveal that the measurement of creativity in Latin America and Spain still remains an issue. Research gaps and suggestions for future studies are discussed.