Malevolent Creativity: Does Personality Influence Malicious Divergent Thinking?

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Title: Malevolent Creativity: Does Personality Influence Malicious Divergent Thinking?
Authors: Lee, ShermanA. (AUTHOR), Dow, GayleT. (AUTHOR)
Source: Creativity Research Journal. 2011, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p73-82. 10p. 4 Charts.
Subjects: Divergent thinking, Creative thinking, Personality, Multiple regression analysis, Trait intercorrelations, Psychology
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between malevolent creativity and personality, with a specific focus on the traits of antagonism, aggression, and sympathy. Participants (N = 265) completed a series of personality measures and two divergent thinking tasks (uses for a brick and a pencil). Responses were coded for fluency and malevolent creativity. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, conscientiousness, and trait physical aggression accounted for unique variability in malevolent creativity scores. These results confirm the link between personality and malevolent creativity, corroborating the General Model of Aggression and extending understanding of malevolent creativity, a new subfield of creativity research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between malevolent creativity and personality, with a specific focus on the traits of antagonism, aggression, and sympathy. Participants (N = 265) completed a series of personality measures and two divergent thinking tasks (uses for a brick and a pencil). Responses were coded for fluency and malevolent creativity. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, conscientiousness, and trait physical aggression accounted for unique variability in malevolent creativity scores. These results confirm the link between personality and malevolent creativity, corroborating the General Model of Aggression and extending understanding of malevolent creativity, a new subfield of creativity research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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