Relation between Creativity and Hope:A Study of Gender Difference

Creativity is the ability to produce Novel and appropriate ideas, which act as very crucial elements of present human lifestyle. It helps to produce more and more innovative ideas. On the other hand, hope is also a very important element of life. It is a vital motivator of positive living. Psychologists operationally divide hope into two components, Pathways and Agency. Agency is related to one's capability to achieve goals, while Pathways consultant with the ability to generate alternative ways to achieve different goals. It was expected that a creative person would be found high on sense of hope. The present discussion aims to study relationship between creativity and hope. A purposive sample of 442 VIIth to IXth grade students of both genders, aged 12 to 15 years were selected from the Urban Area of Delhi. Result shows that there were Gender differences as well as interaction effect between creativity and hope. It was found that Creativity is closely related to hope. Findings of the present study can be applied on different School curriculum to raise the creativity level or level of hope amongst adolescents while they are facing different obstacles in their life.