Creative mindsets: Measurement, correlates, consequences.

Abstract

This article describes a research program exploring the structure, correlates, and consequences of creative mindsets, defined as beliefs about the fixed-versus-growth nature of creativity. In the first study, I reported on the development of the Creative Mindset Scale. Exploratory factor analysis demonstrated a two-factor structure with growth-and fixed-creative mindsets forming two relatively independent, yet negatively correlated scales, rather than two ends of one continuum. I then verified this structure by confirmatory factor analysis using a larger sample. In the second study, the growth mindset and the creative self-concept (creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity) were strongly positively associated. In the third study, the fixed-creative mindset was negatively related to efficiency in solving insight problems, and an association between the growth mindset and problem solving was moderated by the fixed mindset.

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