Creative Self Efficacy Beliefs And Ambition: A Correlation Study On A Sample Of Algerian University Students

Abstract

University students’ perceptions of their creative abilities are one of the few key features that predict creativity and play a pivotal role in explaining their actual creative performance.
This study aimed to assess the perception of the university students to their level of creative self efficacy.It also aimed to examine the relationship between university students’ creative self-efficacy (CSE) beliefs and their ambition. Moreover, the current study aimed to investigate the mean differences in CSE as function of gender, discipline , and study level.
A total of 100 university students were randomly selected to participate in this study.
The findings of the descriptive analysis suggest that university students in this study held a high level of creative self efficacy. Moreover, the findings revealed a positive and significant correlation between creative self-efficacy (CSE) beliefs and their ambition. No statistically significant mean differences were noted among university students in Khemis Miliana as function of gender, discipline , and study level.