Psychometric Qualities and Measurement Invariance of the Modified Self‐Rated Creativity Scale

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The 13‐item self‐rated creativity scale (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SRCS</jats:styled-content>) initially developed for supervisory rating of employees’ creativity was modified by some researchers and used as a self‐report of creativity. However, it is not clear if the modified <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SRCS</jats:styled-content> is psychometrically sound. The present study addressed this gap in three studies (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 1,033). The exploratory factor analysis (Study 1) revealed a two‐factor solution after removing Item 9 due to low factor loading. Confirmatory factor analysis was then used in Study 2 to examine and compare the conceptual one‐factor model with 13 items (Model 1), one‐factor model with 12 items (Model 2), two‐factor model with 12 items (Model 3), and the 12‐item bifactor model with one general factor and two specific factors (Model 4). The results indicated that Model 4 is more superior to all the competing models. Study 3 further confirmed that the bifactor model, showed support to the reliability and convergent validity, and found partial metric invariance across Chinese and Malay undergraduates. Taken together, the modified (12‐item) <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SRCS</jats:styled-content> is a psychometrically sound tool for self‐rated creativity in the Malaysian context.</jats:p>