{"title":"Fight Injustice with Darkness: The Effect of Early Life Adversity on Malevolent Creativity Behavior","authors":"Yaoguo Geng, Yibo Shi, Wanying Hu, Wenjing Jin, Yuwei Zhang, Tingting Zhan","doi":"10.1002/jocb.648","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.648","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>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 (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 21.25, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 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 (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 20.53, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 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.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah L. Asquith, Xu Wang, Daniel S. Quintana, Anna Abraham
{"title":"Predictors of Change in Creative Thinking Abilities in Young People: A Longitudinal Study","authors":"Sarah L. Asquith, Xu Wang, Daniel S. Quintana, Anna Abraham","doi":"10.1002/jocb.647","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.647","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous research has examined how creative potential develops during childhood and has identified peaks, slumps, and bumps during maturation. However, little is known about the causes of such changes. This study employed a longitudinal approach to assess predictors of change in creative ideation over 2 years in young people (<i>N</i> = 76) aged 14–20 years old at the first time point. The analysis employed frequentist and Bayesian methods to evaluate the effect of individual factors, such as openness to experience (assessed using the BFI-10 short form), and contextual factors, such as pursuing creative hobbies (measured with a leisure questionnaire). Openness at the first time point and change in openness over time predicted change in peak originality. Engagement in creative hobbies at the first time point predicted change in fluency. The findings support the contribution of individual factors, in the form of openness to experience, and contextual factors, in the form of engagement in creative hobbies, in the development of divergent thinking abilities in mid-adolescence and young adulthood. Altogether, this study suggests that interventions aimed at increasing time spent on creative activities and promoting openness to experience may enhance divergent thinking abilities, which are essential components of creative potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jocb.647","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140203029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee Radical and Incremental Creativity: A Systematic Review","authors":"Fengmei Ren, Zhigang Song","doi":"10.1002/jocb.649","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.649","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Employee creativity is essential for contemporary companies to survive and gain competitive advantages. Although previous studies have made efforts to identify organizational factors that improve or hinder employee creativity, a better understanding is still needed regarding the differences between radical and incremental creativity, especially the different mechanisms of how organizational factors impact two types of creativity. To address this issue, we aim to provide a systematic review through which to identify different antecedents that affect radical and incremental creativity, respectively, based on componential theory of creativity. At first, we clarified the definitions and measurements of radical and incremental creativity. Then, we categorized the antecedents of radical and incremental creativity to develop an integrative framework. Last but not least, we identified the different organizational factors regarding how to improve radical and incremental creativity. We also address several future research directions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140203034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creativity and Innovation in the K-pop System and a Possible Link with Pansori","authors":"Myung-Sook Auh","doi":"10.1002/jocb.642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.642","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to distinguish between creativity and innovation in K-pop using a conceptual framework of the K-pop system and to examine if any traces of Korean traditional <i>Pansori</i> are found in K-pop. Innovation refers to successful implementation of creative ideas, and creative ideas without successful implementation are of no use in the business sector. A conceptual framework of the K-pop system, developed by the author, consists of enabling people, contents, system processes, and environments. This study identified eight innovative aspects of K-pop, which include manufacturing K-pop stars using a specific formula; providing government leadership for K-pop export; using well-balanced copyrights to encourage K-pop fans' social media sharing of their copycat versions; and embracing culturally hybrid K-pop music styles for global markets. K-pop's possible links with <i>Pansori</i> are found in K-pop singers' Grit, similar to <i>Pansori</i> singers' <i>Gongryeok;</i> and female K-pop idols willing to take personal sacrifices of “no dating” and “curfews,” resembling <i>Pansori</i> singers' “punishing effort.” Confucian influence on K-pop is traced in South Korea's top-down approaches by the government and music industries, and gender inequality imposed on female idols as the male gaze.","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140107675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yawei Guo, Shengjie Lin, Zachary J. Williams, Tarek C. Grantham, Jiajun Guo, Lili Q. Cole Clark, Wenting Zou
{"title":"Creative Potential and Creative Self-Belief: Measurement Invariance in Cross-Cultural Contexts","authors":"Yawei Guo, Shengjie Lin, Zachary J. Williams, Tarek C. Grantham, Jiajun Guo, Lili Q. Cole Clark, Wenting Zou","doi":"10.1002/jocb.643","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.643","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cross-cultural studies on creativity, mainly focusing on the creative potential aspect (e.g., divergent thinking), are emerging in recent years. However, the creative self-belief (e.g., creative self-efficacy) aspect of creativity is under-researched cross-culturally. Moreover, studies that address the measurement invariance of creativity assessments to ensure the measures' sound psychometric properties cross-culturally are rare. Thus, we aimed to address (a) the measurement invariance and (b) the mean comparisons of divergent thinking and creative self-efficacy between American and Chinese adults in two studies. Study 1 investigated four divergent thinking (DT) tests (Line Meanings, Uses, Instances, and Consequences) between American (<i>n</i> = 341) and Chinese (<i>n</i> = 345) college students. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) for fluency-supported scalar invariance based on a three-factor model (removing one Instances item) and those on originality-supported partial scalar invariance (freeing Uses intercepts) based on a three-factor model. American respondents exhibited higher latent means on fluency and originality compared to their Chinese counterparts. Study 2 investigated a creative self-efficacy (CSE) scale between American (<i>n</i> = 302) and Chinese (<i>n</i> = 316) college students. Multi-group CFA supported scalar invariance based on a one-factor model (removing one item). Latent mean comparisons showed no difference in CSE across the two groups.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140248152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisca S. Rodriguez, Sabrina Ross, Josefin Fruck, Saskia Jaarsveld, Thomas Lachmann
{"title":"Creative Activities Among Older Adults and People With Cognitive Impairment","authors":"Francisca S. Rodriguez, Sabrina Ross, Josefin Fruck, Saskia Jaarsveld, Thomas Lachmann","doi":"10.1002/jocb.637","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.637","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Little is known about creativity in old age. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent the intensity of engaging in creative activities differs between older and younger people as well as older people with and without cognitive impairment. Moreover, we evaluated associations of creative activities with specific cognitive abilities. For this cross-sectional study, groups of younger people (<i>n</i> = 24), older cognitively healthy people (<i>n</i> = 24), and older cognitively impaired people (<i>n</i> = 23) were recruited via convenience sampling. Creative activities were assessed via the creative behavior inventory (CBI). Cognitive abilities were assessed via trail making test (TMT), standard progressive matrices (SPM), creative reasoning task (CRT), test of creative thinking-drawing production (TCT-DP), and alternate uses task (AUT). The intensity of engaging in creative activities was higher among younger people but was not significantly associated with being cognitively impaired. Only two cognitive abilities, the creative thinking scores CRT-Components and TCT-DP-Original, predicted creative activities. Both did not differ significantly between cognitively healthy and cognitively impaired older adults. The findings suggest that cognitively impaired older people still engage in creative activities, which might be due to their relatively sound creative thinking. Further studies should investigate whether engaging in creative activities can mitigate cognitive decline.</p>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jocb.637","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140107890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creativity in the Ancient Greek Philosophy: The Politics of Demiourgein","authors":"Brokalaki Zafeirenia","doi":"10.1002/jocb.644","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Where does creativity come from and what is its purpose</i>? The paper revisits these ever-turning questions to correct the prevalent but, arguably, inaccurate historical interpretation of <i>creativity</i> as a concept that emerged in modernity. First, I substantiate that a close study of the ancient Greek texts suggests that although <i>creativity</i> seems to occupy a peripheral position in the ancient philosophical thinking, it is a central, yet, hidden, subject of speculation. Second, I overturn the worn-out view that the ancient Greek philosophy conceives <i>creativity</i> as a God-given talent breathed into a fortunate few. Last, I demonstrate that a more encompassing understanding of creativity is implied by several Greek philosophers. To achieve this, (a) I discuss the contemporary interpretations of the ancient notion; (b) I examine the historical origin and etymology of the Greek term <i>demiourgein</i> (“to create”) to discuss its relevant uses; and (c) I develop a nuanced framework for conceptualizing ancient creativity and its interrelation to human agency, politics, and social life.</p>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jocb.644","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140074357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selcuk Acar, Emel Cevik, Emily Fesli, Rumeysa Nalan Bozkurt, James C. Kaufman
{"title":"Testing the Domain Specificity of Creativity with Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale: A Meta-Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis","authors":"Selcuk Acar, Emel Cevik, Emily Fesli, Rumeysa Nalan Bozkurt, James C. Kaufman","doi":"10.1002/jocb.641","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.641","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Domain-specificity is a topic of debate within the field of creativity. To shed light on this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of cross-domain correlations based on the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (K-DOCS). To evaluate the model fit of one general factor versus two factors that encompass the primary K-DOCS subscales (Scholarly, Everyday, Artistic, Scientific, and Performance), we employed the one-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling (OSMASEM) approach. Poor fit of these models would provide evidence of domain-specificity, as the proposed models would not outperform the independence model. Our analysis included 45 correlation matrices from 30 studies, with a total sample size of 31,136 participants. The results provided support for a general domain of creativity, as well as a two-factor solution consisting of Arts and Sciences factors. Among the subscales, the highest correlation was found between the Artistic and Performance domains (<i>r</i> = .478), while the smallest correlation was observed between the Everyday and Scientific domains (<i>r</i> = .178). Furthermore, moderator analyses incorporating age and gender revealed that the Scientific and Everyday subscales exhibited a stronger factor load in older participants compared to younger participants. Implications are discussed for research and practice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140025378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Wandering Mind is Not Always a Creative Mind: How Thought Dynamics Explain the Relationship between Mind Wandering and Creativity","authors":"Alwin de Rooij, Ali Atef, Myrthe Faber","doi":"10.1002/jocb.640","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.640","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A wandering mind is not always a creative mind. Anecdotes about ideas spontaneously entering awareness during walks, showers, and other off-task activities are plenty. The science behind it, however, is still inconclusive. Creativity might result from how thought context—whether thoughts are on-task or off-task—relates to thought dynamics—how thoughts unfold. To explore this, study 1 (<i>n</i> = 85) surveyed creative professionals about a single idea they had earlier in the day. The spontaneity of thoughts positively correlated with self-reported creativity, whereas off-task thoughts or doing something else did not. Study 2 (<i>n</i> = 180) replicated these findings in a student sample during an idea generation task and added that free movement of thoughts also correlates with self-reported originality during idea generation. As indicated by expert ratings, no relationship of thought dynamics and thought context was found with population-level creativity. Herewith, this study suggests that thought dynamics, rather than thought context, explain the often suggested relationship between mind wandering and creativity.</p>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jocb.640","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139840318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robin H. Willemsen, Isabelle C. de Vink, Evelyn H. Kroesbergen, Ard W. Lazonder
{"title":"Strengthening Creative Problem-Solving within Upper-Elementary Science Education","authors":"Robin H. Willemsen, Isabelle C. de Vink, Evelyn H. Kroesbergen, Ard W. Lazonder","doi":"10.1002/jocb.639","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jocb.639","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This intervention study examined the effectiveness of instructional support tailored toward two techniques (i.e., random associations and constraint identification) to strengthen children's creative problem-solving skills within upper-elementary science education. Five inquiry-based science lessons with ample opportunity for creative problem-solving (i.e., divergent and convergent thinking) were provided. Children were assigned to a condition with instructional support (<i>n</i> = 107) or without (<i>n</i> = 134). Domain-general and specific measures of divergent and convergent thinking were included, and reading comprehension as well as mathematical ability were taken into account. Repeated measures multivariate analyses of covariance revealed how all children improved in terms of domain-general convergent thinking, with a larger increase for children who performed better in mathematics. This shows a promising premise for future research focusing on the domain generality of convergent thinking and for the potential of transfer across domains. No additional improvement based on instructional support was found and children did not improve in terms of divergent thinking. The constraint identification and random associations technique might not be suitable for elementary school children, yet future research is necessary to validate such claims. Meanwhile, teachers could possibly support convergent thinking by simply providing exercises for divergent and convergent thinking.</p>","PeriodicalId":39915,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creative Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jocb.639","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139902885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}