Dong Zhiwen, Han Boxuan, Yang Tianchen, Chen Shiqi, Cao Yi, Hou Yubo
School of Educational Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jul 23;15(8):1003. doi: 10.3390/bs15081003.
We conducted four empirical studies to investigate how, why, and when humor production impacts people's creativity. Study 1 ( = 175), using the cartoon humor production paradigm, found that humor production was positively associated with creativity. Study 2 ( = 243), using a new sample, found that self-efficacy mediated the relationship between humor production and creativity. Study 3 ( = 225), via a manipulation-of-mediation-as-a-moderator (MMM) design, manipulating participants' self-efficacy, replicated the results of Study 2. Furthermore, Study 4 ( = 433), using a cross-lagged design and three-wave data, extended the theoretical model to the workplace, and further demonstrated that the fear of authority alleviated the indirect effect of humor production on people's creativity. These findings are of theoretical and practical significance for our understanding of humor production and creativity.
我们进行了四项实证研究，以探究幽默产生如何、为何以及何时会影响人们的创造力。研究1（N = 175）采用卡通幽默创作范式，发现幽默产生与创造力呈正相关。研究2（N = 243）使用新样本，发现自我效能感在幽默产生与创造力之间起中介作用。研究3（N = 225）通过作为调节变量的中介作用操纵（MMM）设计，操纵参与者的自我效能感，复制了研究2的结果。此外，研究4（N = 433）采用交叉滞后设计和三波数据，将理论模型扩展到工作场所，并进一步证明对权威的恐惧减轻了幽默产生对人们创造力的间接影响。这些发现对于我们理解幽默产生和创造力具有理论和实践意义。
