Table 1.

Characteristics of participants and difference in creativity.

Variables		n (%)	M ± SD	t/F	p
Gender	Male	256 (44.5)	59.72 ± 11.69	1.625	0.105
	Female	319 (55.4)	58.21 ± 10.50
Grade	Freshman	172 (29.9)	60.08 ± 9.36	1.802	0.146
	Sophomore	166 (28.9)	59.37 ± 12.06
	Junior	167 (29.0)	57.84 ± 10.82
	Senior	70 (12.2)	57.24 ± 12.71
Academic performance	Blow the average	126 (21.9)	56.65 ± 11.50	7.598	0.001
	On average	195 (33.9)	57.79 ± 10.04
	Above the average	254 (44.2)	60.82 ± 11.30
Being a student leader or not	Yes	201 (35.0)	59.21 ± 12.42	0.518	0.605
	No	374 (65.0)	58.70 ± 10.26
Being the single child or not	Yes	202 (35.1)	59.80 ± 11.54	1.473	0.141
	No	373 (64.8)	58.38 ± 10.77
Family residence	Urban	328 (57.0)	60.25 ± 11.53	3.454	0.001
	Rural	247 (43.0)	57.06 ± 10.14
Father’s education level	Primary school or below	93 (16.2)	56.37 ± 9.08	7.765	<0.001
	Junior middle school	208 (36.2)	57.00 ± 11.12
	High school or equivalent	148 (25.7)	61.33 ± 10.47
	College and above	126 (21.9)	60.95 ± 12.04
Mother’s education level	Primary school or below	145 (25.2)	56.75 ± 9.58	5.294	0.001
	Junior middle school	187(32.5)	57.88 ± 11.15
	High school or equivalent	139 (24.2)	60.55 ± 10.65
	College and above	104 (18.1)	61.42 ± 12.57
Family income	Blow the average	200 (34.8)	56.50 ± 11.15	8.032	<0.001
	On average	321 (55.8)	59.87 ± 10.43
	Above the average	54 (9.4)	61.83 ± 12.82