Golinets, A.O.

Background. Creativity in human self-consciousness is represented in the form of self-esteem of creativity, and at a deeper level of implicit theories (or mindsets). It is relevant to establish the interrelationship of these levels. The first level includes domain-specific self-esteems of creativity and general self-esteem of creativity. The second reflects the individual's perceptions of people's creativity formed in individual experience.

Objective. The aim of the study was to establish relationships of direct self-esteem of creativity, domain-specific self-esteem of creativity and scales of implicit theories of creativity.

Study Participants. 434 university students aged 17 to 32 years. M = 19.75, SD = 2.24.

Methods. Domain-specific self-esteem of creativity questionnaire K-DOCS, Direct Self-Esteem of Creativity (SEC), and Questionnaire CIT for implicit theories of creativity were used.

Results. Positive correlations of domain-specific self-esteem of creativity and implicit theories of creativity, general self-esteem of creativity and domain-specific self-esteem of creativity, as well as positive correlations of general self-esteem of creativity and implicit theories of creativity were found. Convergent validity of direct self-assessment of creativity measurement in relation to the method of measuring domain-specific self-assessment of creativity was confirmed.

Conclusions. The generalization of a person's ideas about their creativity and differentiated connections between the general direct self-assessment of creativity and different types of its representation at the levels of implicit theories and self-reports of domain-specific creativity are demonstrated.