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Publication Date: 2020-Mar
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Critical Thinking Disposition and Scientific Creativity: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy
Qiang, Ruichao; Han, Qin; Guo, Yongyu; Bai, Jie; Karwowski, Maciej
Journal of Creative Behavior, v54 n1 p90-99 Mar 2020
This study explores the relationship between critical thinking disposition and scientific creativity and examines the hypothesized mediating role played by creative self-concept (trait-like creative self-efficacy). A large sample (N = 1,153) of Chinese high school students filled the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory and revised trait-like creative self-efficacy scale, and then solved Scientific Creativity Test for Adolescent. Structural equation modeling has demonstrated that students' critical thinking disposition was positively related to their creative self-concept and scientific creativity, and creative self-concept fully mediated the link between critical thinking disposition and scientific creativity. We discuss these findings in terms of the hypothetical role played by creative self-concept for creative functioning.
Descriptors: Creativity, Self Efficacy, Critical Thinking, Self Concept, High School Students, Tests, Correlation, Role, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Science Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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