Creative Personal Identity and Creative Mindsets, and Their Implications for Creative Potential and Metacognition: A Latent Variable and a Latent Class Approach

Abstract The amount of attention given to creative beliefs has increased in recent years. This article suggests that the selection one´s best ideas from a set self-generated alternatives should be included as an indicator metacognition; something known metacognition accuracy. present investigation examined role mindsets and personal identity on idea, self-efficacy, potential, under two conceptualizations these beliefs: latent variables classes. College business students completed battery questionnaires assessing mindsets, identity, self-efficacy. In addition, participants divergent thinking task involving improvement smartphones an-d were asked choose their idea. Two independent judges also selected idea participants’ ideas. Under class conceptualization, with high levels growth mindset low fixed showed higher accurate self-efficacy than rest Similarly, variable had positive influence