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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among creativity, academic self-efficacy and self-directed learning ability and to explore the mediating role of academic self-efficacy between creativity and self-directed learning ability. The subjects of this study were 244 college students who responded faithfully to creativity, academic self-efficacy, and self-directed learning ability tests. The collected data were analyzed using ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, regression analysis, and Sobel test. The major findings of this study were as follows : First, third year students of college have significantly higher creativity, academic self- efficacy, and self-directed learning ability than the first grade students. In addition, students with high academic achievement showed significantly higher levels of creativity, academic self-efficacy, and self-directed learning ability than students with low achievement. Second, the results also showed that there was a significant positive correlation among the creativity, academic self-efficacy, and self-directed learning ability. Third, there was partial mediating effect of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between creativity and self-directed learning ability. The results suggest that academic self-efficacy and creative personality need to be utilized for improving self-directed learning ability focusing on college freshman with low level of academic achievement.