Drama studies can provide adolescents and young adults with learning opportunities that can help them to develop creative and socio-emotional skills. In interviews and discussion groups, when given the opportunity to talk about their experiences, young drama students explain the creative and emotional benefits they feel they have received from their participation in the arts. This research study investigates whether engagement, and particularly engagement over time, in drama is significant in stimulating creative and socio-emotionally intelligent behaviour in young people. It compares the creative and socio-emotional levels of adolescents and young adults who participate in drama studies routinely, to both those who have participated for two years or less and those who have no experience in this field. The research sample comprised 222 young people between the ages of 13 and 21. Findings analysed for this sample suggest that, those who have taken part in drama studies for two years or more develop higher levels of fluency, flexibility, originality and self-perceived creativity than those whose participation is less or nil. No significant differences in socio-emotional skills were noted in relation to different degrees of participation. The results are discussed in relation to the benefits that participation in drama activities can have for the development of skills during a key stage of life for young adults, replete with challenges.

戏剧研究可以为青少年和年轻人提供学习机会，帮助他们发展创造力和社会情感能力。在采访和讨论小组中，年轻的戏剧学生在有机会谈论自己的经历时，会解释自己从参与艺术中获得的创造和情感上的好处。这项研究调查了对戏剧的参与，尤其是随着时间的推移，是否在刺激年轻人的创造力和社会情感智能行为方面具有重要意义。它比较了定期参加戏剧研究的青少年和年轻人的创造力和社会情感水平，以及已经参加两年或两年以下的年轻人和没有该领域经验的年轻人。该研究样本包括222名13岁至21岁之间的年轻人。该样本的分析结果表明，参与戏剧研究两年或以上的人发展出更高的流利性，灵活性，原创性和自我感知的创造力比那些参与人数少或没有的人。关于不同程度的参与，社会情感技能没有显着差异。讨论了有关结果的问题，即参与戏剧活动可为充满挑战的年轻成年人在人生的关键阶段发展技能提供好处。独创性和自我感知的创造力。关于不同程度的参与，社会情感技能没有显着差异。讨论了有关结果的问题，即参与戏剧活动可为充满挑战的年轻成年人在人生的关键阶段发展技能提供好处。独创性和自我感知的创造力。关于不同程度的参与，社会情感技能没有显着差异。讨论了有关结果的问题，即参与戏剧活动可为充满挑战的年轻成年人在人生的关键阶段发展技能提供好处。