Table 3.

Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis results.

Variables	Creativity
	Step 1 (β)	Step 2 (β)	Step 3 (β)	Step 4 (β)
Block 1
Father’s education level	0.080	0.024	0.007	−0.002
Mother’s education level	0.042	0.010	0.007	0.006
Family residence	0.057	0.053	0.053	0.039
Family income	0.089	0.006	0.005	0.001
Academic performance	0.112	0.018	0.024	0.011
Block 2
Self-directed learning		0.706	0.425	0.369
Block3
Openness to diversity and challenge			0.451	0.408
Block 4
Creative self-efficacy				0.169
R2	0.059	0.525	0.648	0.667
△R2	0.050	0.520	0.644	0.662