Psychology: Techniques and Application

Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2025, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (12): 705-714.

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The Relationship between Family Functioning and College Students’ Creativity: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Gender Difference

  

  1. School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University；School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jining Medical University
  • Accepted:2025-10-28 Online:2025-11-27 Published:2025-11-27

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Abstract:

A questionnaire survey was conducted among 721 college students to examine the relationship between family functioning and college students’ creativity and to investigate the mediating role of creative self-efficacy as well as the moderating role of gender. The results showed that: (1) Family functioning significantly positively predicted college students’ creative self-efficacy and creativity; (2) Creative self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between family functioning and creativity; (3) Gender moderated the direct path between family functioning and creativity, with family functioning having a significantly greater effect on the creativity of female college students than that of male college students; (4) Gender also moderated the indirect path between family functioning and creativity, with the mediating effect of creative self-efficacy being significantly stronger among male college students than that among female college students. The study reveals the mechanism through which family functioning influences college students’ creative tendencies, providing corresponding intervention recommendations to enhance their creativity levels.

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