Are there differences in divergent thinking and personality traits between students who attend art-based high schools and non-art-based high schools? The main goal of this exploratory study was to focus on this question and to explore the factors that might differentiate a sample of art and non-art high school students. We addressed these questions by exploring a convenience sample (N = 167) of students from art schools (N = 79) and students from non-art high schools (N = 88). We used three divergent-thinking measures (i.e., Sketches Test, Brick Uses Test, and Consequences Test) and the five-factor personality inventory (NEO-FFI) to explore potential differences. The results showed that the type of school was positively associated with fluency, flexibly, and originality and negatively with openness. We also explored differences using discriminant analysis. It was found that students who attended art high schools have a lower level of originality and a high level of flexibility and openness compared to students attending regular high schools. Our findings may indicate that these factors can help to understand the differences between art and non-art high school students.

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探索区分艺术和非艺术高中生的因素

就读艺术高中和非艺术高中的学生在发散思维和性格特征上是否存在差异？这项探索性研究的主要目标是关注这个问题，并探索可能区分艺术高中生和非艺术高中生样本的因素。我们通过探索 艺术学校学生（N  = 79）和非艺术高中学生（N = 88)。我们使用了三种发散思维测量（即草图测试、积木使用测试和后果测试）和五因素人格量表（NEO-FFI）来探索潜在差异。结果表明，学校类型与流利度、灵活度和独创性呈正相关，与开放性呈负相关。我们还使用判别分析探讨了差异。研究发现，与就读普通高中的学生相比，就读艺术高中的学生具有较低的原创性和较高的灵活性和开放性。我们的研究结果可能表明，这些因素有助于理解艺术高中生和非艺术高中生之间的差异。