The Effect of Creative Self-efficacy on Creativity under Pressure Contexts

Journal of Psychological Science ›› 2011, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4) : 993-998.

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Journal of Psychological Science ›› 2011, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4) : 993-998.

The Effect of Creative Self-efficacy on Creativity under Pressure Contexts

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The aim of this study is to explore the effect of creative self-efficacy (a very important component of personality) on different aspects of creativity under time pressure, competence pressure and evaluation pressure. Data were collected from 216 students among 3 classes in a middle school. The main results of the study are as follows: The effects of pressure on total creativity were, competence- enhanced, evaluation- decreased, time-no significant effect. Specifically, time pressure mainly enhanced fluency; evaluation pressure mainly enhanced originality; competence pressure enhanced both; the three pressure contexts all decreased flexibility significantly. There are significant differences on the change of flexibility among students with different creative self-efficacy under pressure contexts. Namely, students with middle score on creative self-efficacy have the least decline and those with lowest score on creative self-efficacy have the most.

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creativity / pressure contexts / creative self-efficacy

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The Effect of Creative Self-efficacy on Creativity under Pressure Contexts[J]. Journal of Psychological Science. 2011, 34(4): 993-998

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;Education Ministry Major Projects of Humanities and Social Science;Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

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