Szabó Enikő, Körmendi Attila, Kurucz Győző, Cropley David, Olajos Timea, Pataky Nóra
Oradea Penitentiary, Parcul Traian 3, 410033 Oradea, Romania.
Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Psychology, University of Debrecen, 4002 Debrecen, Hungary.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Jul 21;12(7):242. doi: 10.3390/bs12070242.
Malevolent creativity, which can be defined as creativity that is deliberately planned to damage others, is a concept that explains how the capacity to generate novel and effective outcomes (creativity) may, on occasion, be misapplied. The present study used 130 male inmates of the Oradea Maximum Security Penitentiary in Romania to explore the ability of a set of personality variables (the dark triad, self-efficacy, and self-esteem) to predict malevolent creative ideation. The findings indicate that Machiavellianism and self-efficacy were significant predictors of malevolent creative ideation in the form of lying, while only Machiavellianism was a significant predictor of malevolent creative ideation in the form of hurting people. In addition, the present study found significant differences among subgroups in the sample, with more experienced offenders showing higher levels of malevolent creative ideation.
恶意创造力可被定义为蓄意策划以伤害他人的创造力,这一概念解释了产生新颖且有效成果的能力(创造力)有时可能会被误用的情况。本研究以罗马尼亚奥拉迪亚高度设防监狱的130名男性囚犯为对象,探讨了一组人格变量(黑暗三性格、自我效能感和自尊)预测恶意创造性思维的能力。研究结果表明,马基雅维利主义和自我效能感是以说谎形式呈现的恶意创造性思维的显著预测因素,而只有马基雅维利主义是以伤害他人形式呈现的恶意创造性思维的显著预测因素。此外,本研究发现样本中的亚组之间存在显著差异,经验更丰富的罪犯表现出更高水平的恶意创造性思维。