The effects of different types of social exclusion on malevolent creativity: The role of self-construal

IF 3.7 2区教育学 Q1 Social Sciences

Thinking Skills and Creativity Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101837

Junsheng Wu , Fengzheng Ma , Jiabin Liu , Lan Jiao

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Abstract

Social exclusion is a frequent threatening context that can cause significant social pain to individuals and potentially induce malevolent creative behavior. To further clarify the effects of social exclusion on individuals' malevolent creativity, the present study conducted two experiments based on the temporal need-threat model and the motivated focus hypothesis. Experiments 1 and 2 examined the moderating role of trait and state self-construals (independent, interdependent) on the relationship between different types of social exclusion (being ignored, being rejected) and malevolent creativity, respectively. Results revealed that independent individuals demonstrated diminished originality but heightened malevolence after being ignored. Conversely, interdependent individuals demonstrated increased originality but diminished malevolence after rejection. These findings suggest that self-construal shapes individuals' responsiveness to social exclusion, with independent individuals displaying greater sensitivity to being ignored and interdependent individuals more sensitive to rejection. Furthermore, self-construal affects subsequent malevolent creative performance, with independent individuals being more malicious than interdependent individuals.

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Thinking Skills and Creativity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

16.20%

发文量

172

审稿时长

76 days

期刊介绍： Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity. Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.