A New Tool to Measure Malevolent Creativity: The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 The present study developed the malevolent creativity behavior scale (MCBS), which contains 13 items and was designed to measure individuals’ malevolent creativity through the behavior of daily lives. A total of 958 participants from different regions of
Ning Hao, Mark A Runco
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The Effect of Infectious Disease Threat on Malevolent Creativity [PDF]
Journal of Intelligence, 2022 The behavioral immune system (BIS), which evolved to protect humans from infectious disease threats, prompts people to be sensitive to disease-connoting cues.
Mingzhe Zhao
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Childhood Trauma and Malevolent Creativity in Chinese College Students: Moderated Mediation by Psychological Resilience and Aggression [PDF]
Journal of Intelligence, 2022 Although a previous study has shown that childhood trauma influences malevolent creativity, aggression and psychological resilience have been linked with childhood trauma and creativity. However, little is known about the complex correlations among these
Wenfu Li +4 more
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Generating, evaluating, endorsing, and implementing malevolent creativity: a malevolent idea journey [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyOver the last years, malevolent creativity research has delved into creative ideas that intend to harm both on the smaller and larger scale (from creative bullying or deception to terrorism and warfare) in different settings (personal revenge ...
Corinna Perchtold-Stefan +2 more
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The Relationship Between Childhood Neglect and Malevolent Creativity: The Mediating Effect of the Dark Triad Personality [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 In addition to what we know as benevolent creativity, which involves originality and usefulness, creativity also includes malevolent creativity, which involves the application of creative ideas to intentionally harm others.
Xuji Jia
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Field dependent-independent cognitive style as a predictor of malevolent creativity: a multifaceted approach [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionResearch interest in the intentionally harmful use of creativity, also known as malevolent creativity, is growing rapidly. However, the cognitive and individual underpinnings of malevolent creativity are still unclear.
Pierpaolo Zivi +6 more
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Darkness within: The Internal Mechanism between Dark Triad and Malevolent Creativity [PDF]
Journal of Intelligence, 2022 The Dark Triad has been found to be associated with malevolent creativity (MC) in terms of trait level, and its underlying mechanism remains unclear. Based on the cognitive–affective processing system theory and the existing studies, the current study ...
Ning Hao, Xiaobo Xu, Xinuo Qiao
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The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Malevolent Creativity in Young Adulthood [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Background: Childhood trauma may increase the risk of antisocial behavior in young adulthood. Our study examined the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the specific antisocial behavior of malevolent creativity (MC), the ...
Natalie A. Ceballos, Toni Terling Watt
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The inhibitory effect of moral emotions on malevolent creativity: Exploring the mediation role of emotional valence and prosocial behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The current study aims to investigate the influence of positive and negative moral emotions (gratitude and guilt) on malevolent creativity by exploring the potential mediation role of valence and prosocial behavior.
Hongyu Fu, Zhonglu Zhang
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Smartphone addiction and malevolent creativity—the mediating role of psychological capital and the moderating role of self-concept clarity [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryPurposeThis study examines the correlation among smartphone addiction (SA) and malevolent creativity, as well as the underlying mechanisms involved. A moderated mediation framework was established to investigate the impact of SA on malevolent creativity ...
Wei Li, Ying Zhou
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