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Creative self-efficacy: the role of self-regulation for schoolwork and boredom as antecedents, and divergent thinking as a consequence

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The purpose of our investigation was to examine the role of intrinsic and extrinsic regulation and boredom as antecedents of creative self-efficacy. In addition, we also assessed the effect of creative self-efficacy on divergent thinking among children. A battery of questionnaires assessing regulation for schoolwork, creative self-efficacy, boredom, and divergent thinking was administered during class time after receiving parental consent. We used structural equation modeling treating the variables as non-normally distributed and latent to test our hypotheses. Results showed a positive effect of intrinsic and extrinsic regulation on creative self-efficacy. Similarly, intrinsic regulation had a negative relationship with boredom. The theoretical and applied implications of our results were discussed.

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  1. In the literature, some have used the term intrinsic motivation, whereas others have used the term intrinsic regulation. In our article, we would use both terms interchangeably.

  2. We did not treat divergent think scores as a latent variable because we only had one indicator.

  3. One of the reviewers recommended conducting two additional analyses using fluency and originality scores as our endogenous variables as opposed to the ratio between these two variables. Both models had an acceptable fit, χ² = 405.38, p < .001 (df = 269), RMSEA = .05, CFI = .95 and TLI = .95, for fluency and χ² = 395.11, p < .001 (df = 269), RMSEA = .04, CFI = .95 and TLI = .95, for originality. In both cases, the effects of CSE on fluency or originality were not significant, .09, p = .26; .05, p = .58, respectively. We thanked the reviewer for this suggestion.

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  1. Department of Business and Economics, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Av. Lomas de Anáhuac 46, Col. Lomas de Anáhuac, C.P. 52786, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

    Rogelio Puente-Díaz

  2. Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, 21 sur No. 1103 col. Santiago, C.P. 72410, Puebla, Mexico

    Judith Cavazos-Arroyo

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Puente-Díaz, R., Cavazos-Arroyo, J. Creative self-efficacy: the role of self-regulation for schoolwork and boredom as antecedents, and divergent thinking as a consequence. Soc Psychol Educ 20, 347–359 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-017-9376-z

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