are enough works in psychology in which various
aspects of the problem of psychological barriers
in creative activity were studied, but they are
devoted more to the study of problems in youth
and adulthood. The development of creative
abilities was studied by С.V. Aymedov,
Yu. O. Asieieva, H. Alieksieieva,
N. Kravchenko, L. Horbatiuk, V. Zhyhir,
O. Chernieha, A. Craft, V. Levkovska,
V. Storozh, R. Dunn, A. Harris,
G. D. Chistyakova and others (Aymedov et al.,
2018, Alieksieieva et al., 2020; Asieieva &
Panaiotova, 2019; Bogoyavlenskaya, 2002;
Chistyakova, 1991; Dunne & Wragg, 1994,
Harris, 2016). Issues of the psychology of young
adolescents are considered in the researches of
Yu. O. Asieieva, R. Ewing, R. Gibson,
W. Forrester, A. Hui, So. Kyunghee, Hu. Yaeji
and others (Asieieva & Panaiotova, 2019; Ewing
& Gibson, 2015; Forrester & Hui, 2007;
Kyunghee & Yaeji, 2019). There are studies in
which it is noted that psychological barriers both
negatively and positively affect the development
of an individual and his creative abilities
(G. O. Ball, M. V. Bastun, O. G. Vydra,
N. I. Voloshko, L. M. Hrydkovets,
D. B. Bogoyavlenskaya, Ya. A. Ponomarev,
A. V. Massanov, D. Bar-Tal, E. Halperin,
F. Piske, T. Stoltz, C. Vestena, S. Freitas,
B. Valentim, С. Oliveira, etc.) (Ball et al., 2005;
Bogoyavlenskaya, 2002; Ponomarev, 1976,
Massanov, 2016, Bar-Tal & Halperin, 2014,
Piske et al., 2016).
It was also established that there are
contradictions in the perceptions of the role of the
Examinee's personal characteristics in
overcoming psychological barriers in creative
activity, which are related to determining the
influence of personal characteristics on the
success of overcoming a psychological barrier
(Craft, 2008; Ewing & Gibson, 2015; Aymedov
et al., 2018; Asieieva & Panaiotova, 2019). In
the works of scientists, it was proved that
psychological barriers play a leading role in
personality development. It is precisely the
development of creative thinking that occurs
during the solution of emerging problems that act
as obstacles to achieving the goal (Shakurov,
2001; Bar-Tal & Halperin, 2014; Matyush,
2016). As A. A. Osipova notes, everything that
happens to a person under the influence of a
psychological barrier is experienced by them as a
state of stress, discomfort, tension, which leads
to a deviation from normal functioning.
However, mental development leads to the
restoration of balance and reduction of stress
(Osipova & Prokopenko, 2014). Thus, the
success of creative activity depends on getting rid
of the template in the activity and overcoming the
barrier of stereotypes. But, according to the
research of T.V. Kudryavtsev and
Ya. O. Ponomarev, one of the most important
functions of the barrier is to ensure the stability
of the individual (Kudryavtsev, 1975;
Ponomarev, 1976). In his works,
Ya. O. Ponomarev points out the need to research
ways to overcome psychological barriers, noting
that instead of searching for particular methods
and algorithms that lead to the creation of a new
one, it is necessary to develop a system of
measures designed to prevent errors of inertia,
that prevent its occurrence, and are directed, if it
has already appeared, to the destruction of
standard principles and routine techniques
(Ponomarev, 1976). The success of a creative
solution depends on the ability of a person to get
rid of the template in solving the problem and to
understand that the methods used before are
invalid.
However, it is precisely the problem of
preventing the occurrence and overcoming of
undesirable psychological barriers that is
relevant today, as noted by (V. Ageyev,
T. V. Kudryavtsev, A. A. Matyush,
R. Kh. Shakurov, etc.) (Ageyev, 2012; Matyush,
2016; Kudryavtsev, 1975; Shakurov, 2001).
Therefore, despite the large number of studies on
this issue, the study of psychological barriers in
the development of creative abilities of younger
teenagers remains an understudied aspect and
requires detailing various aspects of this
phenomenon.
Results and discussion
In order to study the peculiarities of the
manifestation of psychological barriers in the
development of creative abilities in young
adolescents of Ukraine and China, we conducted
a comparative analysis of the results according to
the methods of P. Torrens, G. Davis (Shestakova,
2015), Pryhozhan (2002), "Non-existent animal",
the author-developed questionnaire for the study
of psychological barriers in the development of
creative abilities.
Tables 1-2 present the results of the study of the
level of development of creative abilities and
personal characteristics in the young Chinese
sample group.
Based on the data in Table 1, we can say that the
average level of expression of creativity as a
personality quality prevails among young
adolescents aged 10-12 years of the Chinese