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ERIC Number: EJ1318876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0175
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Achievement Goals and Creativity: Self-Construal as an Antecedent
Wang, Ling; Xu, Huihui; Yang, Dan; Tian, Heng; Xi, Rongrong; Du, Kaiye; Shi, Baoguo; Luo, Zheng
Journal of Creative Behavior, v55 n4 p1047-1058 Dec 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship among self-construal, achievement goals, and creativity. A total of 464 junior high school students (mean age = 12.81 years; 44.2% male; 51.8% in seventh grade; and 48.2% in eighth grade) completed the Self-Construal Scale, Goal Orientation Scales, Divergent Feeling Scale, and Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Inventory. Correlation analyses showed that two types of self-construal were positively correlated with mastery goals, performance-approach goals, and creativity indexes (i.e., creative personality and innovative cognitive style); in addition, mastery goals and performance-approach goals were positively correlated with both creativity indexes, while performance-avoidance goals were positively correlated only with creative personality. Structural equation modeling revealed that independent self-construal positively predicted creativity; moreover, both independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal positively predicted mastery goals, and mastery goals positively predicted creativity, which suggests that both types of self-construal show positive indirect prediction for creativity through the mediation of mastery goals. In general, self-construal could predict creativity through achievement goals.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Goal Attainment Scale; Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory
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