Examining the Relationships between High School Students' Interests in Music and Their Creativity

Abstract

In this study, high school students' interest in music and their creativity were analyzed relationally. For this purpose, high school students' interest in music and their creativity were compared in terms of school type, gender and grade level variables. Comparative relational survey model was used as a method in this study. In this study, which was carried out on 9th and 11th grade students in public and private schools in three different cities in Turkey, the scales were applied to a total of 315 students. 'Personal Information Form', 'Affinity for Music Scale', and 'Kaufman Creativity Scales' were used to collect research data. In the analysis of the obtained data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, t test and analysis of variance techniques were used. According to the research findings, the interest and creativity of the participants towards music was found to be moderate. Finally, significant and positive relationships were found between high school students' interest in music and their creativity.