Hope and Creative Self-Efficacy as Sequential Mediators in the Relationship Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Creativity

Yinyinzi Yang; Xiaobo Xu; Wenling Liu; Weiguo Pang

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00438

Frontiers in Psychology (Mar 2020)

Hope and Creative Self-Efficacy as Sequential Mediators in the Relationship Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Creativity

Yinyinzi Yang,
Xiaobo Xu,
Wenling Liu,
Weiguo Pang

Affiliations

Yinyinzi Yang: School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Xiaobo Xu: School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Wenling Liu: Institute of General Education, Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, Shanghai, China
Weiguo Pang: School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00438
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate how socioeconomic status (SES) predicts individual creativity through the mediating roles of hope and creative self-efficacy (CSE). Participants were recruited from ten universities in Mainland China. Students’ SES, hope, CSE, and creativity were assessed via the socioeconomic status scale, the adult hope scale, the creative self-efficacy scale, and the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale. Correlational analyses indicate that SES, creative ideation, hope, and CSE were significantly and positively associated with each other. Path analyses revealed that hope and CSE played sequential mediating roles in the link between SES and creative ideation. These findings suggest that hope and CSE underlie the effect of SES on individuals’ creative ideation.

Published in Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN: 1664-1078 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology

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