Measuring Creative Self-Efficacy: An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Creative Self-Efficacy Scale

Frontiers in Psychology

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Amy Shaw¹  Melissa Kapnek²  Neil A. Morelli² 

[1] Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade;United States

关键词: creativity;    creative self-efficacy;    personality;    creative self-efficacy scale;    item response theory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.678033

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Applying the graded response model within the item response theory framework, the present study analyzes the psychometric properties of Karwowski’s creative self-efficacy (CSE) scale. With an ethnically diverse sample of US college students, the results suggested that the six items of the CSE scale were well fitted to a latent unidimensional structure. The scale also had adequate measurement precision or reliability, high levels of item discrimination, and an appropriate range of item difficulty. Gender-based differential item functioning analyses confirmed that there were no differences in the measurement results of the scale concerning gender. Additionally, openness to experience was found to be positively related to the CSE scale scores, providing some support for the scale’s convergent validity. Collectively, these results confirmed the psychometric soundness of the CSE scale for measuring CSE and also identified avenues for future research.

【 授权许可】

CC BY