The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships betweenintrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and creativity of children. The subjects of thisstudy consisted of 304 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade public elementary schoolstudents in Seoul,...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships betweenintrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and creativity of children. The subjects of thisstudy consisted of 304 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade public elementary schoolstudents in Seoul, Korea. The data were analyzed by using frequencies,percentiles, means, standard deviations, Cronbach’s a, two-way ANOVAs,Pearson’s correlations, and a multiple regression analysis.
The major findings of this study were as follows: (1) There were significantdifferences in intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and creativity in terms ofgender and grade. Girls had higher scores in intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy,and creativity. Also, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and creativity scoresincreased with grade. (2) Intrinsic motivation and creativity, self-efficacy andcreativity are significantly correlated each other. (3) Gender, intrinsic motivation(task difficulty preference), and grade were the variables that significantlypredict creativity. These variables explained 12.3% of children’s creativity.