Responses from 96 (M age: 11-yr.-old) Mexican-American children, 55 boys and 41 girls in Grades 3 to 8, on Something About Myself from the Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory showed they believed themselves to be talented in many different areas and to use original ideas to solve problems as well as not take for granted what they are told, but do not participate in musical or dramatic expressions.
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