Creative Self-Efficacy: Correlates in Middle and Secondary Students

• Published in: Creativity research journal Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 447 - 457
• Main Author: Beghetto, Ronald A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc 01.10.2006; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Correlation analysis; Creativity; Middle school students; Secondary school students; Self image; Students
• ISSN: 1040-0419; 1532-6934
• DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1804_4

This study examined correlates of creative self-efficacy (i.e., self-judgments of creative ability) in middle and secondary students (N = 1,322). Results indicate that students' mastery- and performance-approach beliefs and teacher feedback on creative ability were positively related to students' creative self-efficacy. Creative self-efficacy was also linked to student reports of their teachers not listening to them and sometimes feeling that their teachers had given up on them. Students with higher levels of creative self-efficacy were significantly more likely to hold more positive beliefs about their academic abilities in all subject areas and were significantly more likely to indicate that they planned to attend college than students with lower levels of creative self-efficacy. Finally, students with higher levels of creative self-efficacy were significantly more likely to report higher levels of participation in after-school academics and after- school group activities. Implications for creativity research and practice are discussed.