The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of parenting stress, children’s environmental
variables and emotional intelligence on children’s creativity traits as well as the relationship among
parenting stress, emotional intelligence and creativity traits of young children. The subjects were 210
mothers and their 4-to-5 year old children in Seoul and Kyonggi-Do. Mothers who participated in this
study administered a packet of the surveys which assessed demographic information, parenting stress, and
emotional intelligence of their young children. Teachers rated 40 items on Korean Creativity Traits
Checklist developed by Jeon (2006) for the study. Statistic analyses were performed using frequency, t-test
and one way ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The major results of this study were
as follows: First, there were significant differences in creativity traits of young children by children’s
gender and age. Second, there was a significant difference in creativity traits of young children by
mothers’ level of education, not by mothers’ employment. Third, there was a negative correlation between
parenting stress and creativity traits of their children, but a positive correlation between emotional
intelligence of young children and their creativity traits. In addition, there were significant effects by
parent-child dysfunctional interaction and others recognition of young children on creativity traits of young
children. This study provides insights for improving creativity traits of young children living in ‘creative’
society.