A Meta-Analysis of the Relation between Creative Self-Efficacy and Different Creativity Measurements. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haase, Jennifer; Hoff, Eva V.; Hanel, Paul H. P.; Innes-Ker, Åse
• Is Part Of: Creativity research journal. Volume 30:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 16
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Creative ability -- Periodicals; 153.3505
• DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2018.1411436
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1040-0419

Abstract

Abstract : This meta-analysis investigated the relations between creative self-efficacy (CSE) and creativity measures and hypothesized that self-assessed questionnaires would have a different relation to self-efficacy beliefs compared to other creativity tests. The meta-analysis synthesized 60 effect sizes from 41 papers (overall N = 17226). Taken as a whole, the relation between CSE and creativity measures was of medium size ( r = .39). Subgroup analyses revealed that self-rated creativity correlated higher with self-efficacy ( r = .53). The relation with divergent thinking (DT) tests was weak ( r = .23). Creativity scales had a medium size relation ( r = .43), and was stronger than the relation to verbal performance tasks ( r = .27) and figural performance tasks ( r = .19). In a comparison between measures focusing on the creative person ( r = .47), the creative product ( r = .32), and the creative process ( r = .27), the person aspect was most strongly linked to CSE. Thus, the relation between self-efficacy and creativity measures is dependent on the type of measurement used, emphasizing the need for researchers to distinguish between different instruments—not the least between self-report scales and more objective test procedures. Conceptual implications are discussed and critique concerning the creativity concept is brought up.