Creative mindsets: Measurement, correlates, consequences

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-70

  Karwowski, Maciej ^a  

^a THE MARIA GRZEGORZEWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Creative mindsets; Creative personal identity; Creative self efficacy; Fixed and growth mindset; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894461845     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034898     Document Type: Article

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