A Study on Chinese Students' Aesthetic Experience and Musical Creativity
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The inclusion of aesthetic experience as the independent variable, learning attitude and self-efficacy as mediating variables, and musical creativity as the dependent variable in the study of Chinese music majors is deemed critical as it sheds light on the intricate relationship between these factors. Aesthetic experience is considered a crucial factor in the development of musical creativity as it can shape one's learning attitudes and self-efficacy. By examining the mediating role of learning attitudes and self-efficacy in the relationship between aesthetic experience and musical creativity, this study provides valuable insights into the process by which musical creativity is fostered among music majors. The results of this study have the potential to contribute to the advancement of the current understanding of the interplay between aesthetic experience, learning attitudes, self-efficacy, and musical creativity in the development of musical talent.
This study employed the questionnaire survey method and analyzed the data from 778 valid samples. The findings of this study indicate a positive correlation between students' understanding of aesthetics and their complete aesthetic experience and learning attitude. Furthermore, students' aesthetic attitude, understanding of aesthetics, and overall experience were found to have a positive impact on their musical creativity, with learning attitude serving as a mediating factor between the three. Based on these findings, the following recommendations are proposed: 1) Cultivating students' aesthetic attitudes and understanding of aesthetics to enhance their belief in creative thinking; 2) improving students' creative intention to increase their aesthetic pleasure; 3) enhancing students' creative ability to promote a more complete aesthetic experience; 4) strengthening students' belief in their creative thinking and products to improve their creative performance; and 5) encouraging teachers to foster positive learning attitudes among students.
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