Unlocking creative potential: The role of creative mindset on creativity

This study investigated whether beliefs about the malleability of creativity, referred to as a creative mindset, predicts creative performance among students attending arts high schools. We analyzed data from a survey and creativity test conducted with 131 students studying fine arts in South Korean arts high schools. The results showed that the creative mindset scale is distinct from the existing ability mindset. Notably, students with a growth creative mindset who hold the belief that creativity can be cultivated through effort demonstrated higher creative performance than those with a fixed mindset who believe that creativity is stable and unchangeable. Furthermore, the students’ perceptions of their teachers’ creative mindsets predicted their own creative mindsets, which in turn predicted students’ creative performance. This study is the first to explore the relationship between creative mindset and measure creative performance among students studying fine arts at arts high schools, demonstrating the potential influence of mindset on creative education in the arts.