Testing the Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Creative Self-Concept Scale for Dance Students

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of Korean version of the Short Scale of Creative Self-Concept (Karwowski, 2011; Karwowski et al., 2018) and test the measurement equivalence across high school and college students majoring in dance. Methods Two studies were conducted. Study 1 was conducted with 158 participants (high school students=75, college students=83) to explore the potential factor structure of the shortened creative self-concept scale adapted into Korean version. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and internal consistency analysis. Study 2 was conducted with a total of 715 participants (high school students=343, college students=372) to examine the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Short Scale of Creative Self-Concept. Data were collected using two other questionnaires for concurrent validity and one questionnaire for predictive validity, and analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, regression analysis, internal consistency analysis, and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. Results In Study 1, the results of the principal component analysis showed that 9 items were extracted from 2 factors (creative self-efficacy=5 items; creative personal identity=4 items), accounting for 72.40% of the total variance. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis in Study 2 showed that the 10-item measurement model fit the data (²=293.84, df=26, p=.001, CFI=.931, TLI=.905, RMSEA=.070; 90%CI: .068, .093). The creative self-concept subscale showed static correlations ranging from .39 to .80 between dance identity and creative self-efficacy, and positively predicted intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation. Measurement coefficients, structural covariance, and measurement residuals were variant between high school and college students, and conceptual reliability and internal consistency coefficients were all above 0.80. Conclusions Results suggest that the Short Form Creative Self-Concept Scale can be applied to measure creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity of dance major’s students.