Abstract: Creative self-efficacy, being a part of an individual’s general self-efficacy, refers to an individual’s belief in his or her own ability to produce novel, original and appropriate ideas, solutions or behaviors for a task in a particular setting. The commonly-employed creative self-efficacy scales are simple, single-dimensional and lack validity, while recently-developed scales are not strongly supported by empirical researches. Demographic variables, individual variables and contextual variables have effects on creative self-efficacy. Creative self-efficacy can predict creativity. It is plastic and may have long-term training effects, and therefore it is of great significance in cultivating creativity. Future researches should focus on cultivating creative self-efficacy in school setting.

Key words: creativity, self-efficacy, creative self-efficacy