Abstract

• The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing adolescents’ emotional creativity. This study was to explore the influence of personality traits, parenting styles, and subjective well-being on adolescents’ emotional creativity. A quantitative approach and a survey research design was chosen. A total sample of 600 students from Yangon University of Education, Sagaing University of Education, and University for the Development of National Races of the Union participated in this study. Emotional Creativity Inventory, NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Parental Authority Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were used to obtain the required data. The mean score of adolescents’ emotional creativity was above average. Among its subscales, the mean percentage of Preparedness was the highest and that of Novelty was the lowest. By gender, there were significant differences in Emotional Creativity, Novelty, and Effectiveness but no significant differences in Preparedness and Authenticity. By education level, there was a significant difference in Effectiveness only. Post hoc analysis showed that first-year students were significantly lower than others. By university, there were significant differences in Emotional Creativity, Preparedness, and Novelty but no significant differences in Effectiveness and Authenticity. Among the personality traits, Extraversion had the strongest effect on adolescents’ emotional creativity and it was significantly higher than Conscientiousness. Among the parenting styles, the mean score of Permissive parenting style was the highest and the Authoritative parenting style had a better influence on adolescents’ emotional creativity than the Authoritarian parenting style. Finally, adolescents’ emotional creativity can increase 0.326 units by increasing one unit in their subjective well-being.