In a study of the relationship between children and parents' scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). Sixty-five fifth-grade children and 121 parents were administered the TTCT. There were no significant correlations between scores for mothers and children. There were significant correlations between scores for fathers and children and mothers and fathers.
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