Fight Injustice with Darkness: The Effect of Early Life Adversity on Malevolent Creativity Behavior

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

Journal of Creative Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI:10.1002/jocb.648

Yaoguo Geng, Yibo Shi, Wanying Hu, Wenjing Jin, Yuwei Zhang, Tingting Zhan

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Abstract

Two studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between Early Life Adversity and Malevolent Creativity as well as its underlying mechanism. Study 1 established a moderated mediation model to explore the mediating role of Belief in a Just World (BJW) and the moderating role of Dark Triad. A total of 353 college students (M_age = 21.25, SD_age = 2.21, 58.9% women) were recruited to fill out questionnaires. The results showed that Early Life Adversity positively predicted Malevolent Creativity behavior and indirectly predicted Malevolent Creativity behavior through BJW. Dark Triad reduced the effects of Early Life Adversity on BJW and intensified the effects of Early Life Adversity on Malevolent Creativity behavior. Study 2 explored the effect of threatening BJW on Malevolent Creativity potential. A total of 180 participants (M_age = 20.53, SD_age = 1.7, 64.4% women) were investigated with questionnaires and a Malevolent Creativity Problem-Solving Task. Study 2 validated study 1 and illustrated that the Malevolent Creativity potential (including fluency, originality, and malevolence) was enhanced when Belief in a Just World was threatened. However, greater fluency was only observed in men. As a whole, these finding emphasizes the important linking role of BJW between Early Life Adversity and Malevolent Creativity, and Dark Triad and gender influence the expression of Malevolent Creativity as well.

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用黑暗对抗不公早期生活逆境对恶意创造行为的影响

我们进行了两项研究，以探讨早期生活逆境与恶意创造力之间的关系及其内在机制。研究 1 建立了一个调节中介模型，以探讨 "相信世界是公正的"（BJW）的中介作用和 "黑暗三合会 "的中介作用。研究共招募了 353 名大学生（男=21.25，女=2.21，58.9%）填写问卷。结果显示，早期生活逆境对恶意创造行为有正向预测作用，并通过北京时间间接预测恶意创造行为。黑暗三合会降低了早期生活逆境对北京奥运会的影响，加强了早期生活逆境对恶意创造行为的影响。研究 2 探讨了威胁性北京赛车对恶意创造潜能的影响。共有 180 名参与者（平均年龄 = 20.53 岁，最小年龄 = 1.7 岁，64.4% 为女性）接受了问卷调查和恶意创造力问题解决任务。研究 2 验证了研究 1，并说明当对公正世界的信念受到威胁时，恶意创造力潜能（包括流畅性、独创性和恶意）会增强。然而，只有男性的流畅性更高。总体而言，这些发现强调了 "对公正世界的信念 "在早期生活逆境和恶意创造力之间的重要联系作用，而 "黑暗三联征 "和性别也会影响恶意创造力的表达。

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Journal of Creative Behavior Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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7.50

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Creative Behavior is our quarterly academic journal citing the most current research in creative thinking. For nearly four decades JCB has been the benchmark scientific periodical in the field. It provides up to date cutting-edge ideas about creativity in education, psychology, business, arts and more.