Langner, Selina (2022) The Effect of Creativity Training on Creative Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Openness to Experience. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Creativity is the most valuable resource in the 21st century as it plays a role in outstanding achievements in sciences, entrepreneurial activities, innovation and economic long-term growth. No wonder that a variety of creativity trainings are offered throughout all kinds of professions in order to increase one’s creative performance. Nonetheless, previous research points into different directions about the reasons why creativity training influences creativity, or what extend of training and guidance is needed to see an effect. Creative self-efficacy might be a valuable option as the reason behind it, given the fact that creative self-efficacy is a key predictor for creative behavior and has previously been shown to be enhanced by creativity training. Further, openness to experience might be a moderator of this relationship, given the fact that it is conceptualized as the key trait underlying creativity. In this paper, it will be investigated how the amount of training and guidance influences the creative self-efficacy of participants and if this relationship is moderated by openness to experience. A quasi-experiment (N = 126) with three different creativity trainings condition (i.e., professional creativity training, creativity instructions, no creativity instruction) investigated this relationship. Results of the study showed a significant positive relationship between professional creativity training and creative self-efficacy. Even though no interaction effect between openness to experience and the creativity trainings condition with creative self-efficacy was found, a negative moderation effect of age was found for the professional creativity trainings condition. We concluded that professional creativity training is effective to increase one’s creative self-efficacy, especially when participants are of younger age. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Keywords: creativity, creativity training, creative self-efficacy, openness to experience, personality traits
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jonge, K.M.M. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2022 07:11 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 07:11 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/998 |
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