A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic
The COVID-19 epidemic is associated with negative mood, which has the potential to be a powerful driver of creativity. However, the influence of negative mood on cognitive creativity and emotional creativity remains elusive. Previous research has indicated that self-focused attention is likely to be...
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| description | The COVID-19 epidemic is associated with negative mood, which has the potential to be a powerful driver of creativity. However, the influence of negative mood on cognitive creativity and emotional creativity remains elusive. Previous research has indicated that self-focused attention is likely to be related to both negative mood and creativity. The current study introduced two self-focused attention variables (i.e., rumination, reflection) to explore how negative mood might contribute to cognitive creativity and emotional creativity. Based on a sample of 351 participants, our study found that (1) negative mood during the outbreak of COVID-19 was associated with cognitive creativity and emotional creativity. Meanwhile, there were significant serial mediation effects of rumination and reflection in the relationship between negative mood and creativity and (2) the psychological impact after exposure to the COVID-19 epidemic was positively correlated with emotional creativity but not with cognitive creativity. These results suggested that individuals, in real life and work, could achieve better creative performance through moderate self-focus. Moreover, individuals with different mood states can be induced to enhance their creativity in times of crisis through intervention training to promote reflection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61261de78a054bfe87fccb4346e8eda62022-12-21T17:13:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-01-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.600837600837A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 EpidemicYing Du0Yilong Yang1Yilong Yang2Xuewei Wang3Cong Xie4Chunyu Liu5Weiping Hu6Weiping Hu7Yadan Li8Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaResearch Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of English Studies, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaShaanxi Normal University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, ChinaThe COVID-19 epidemic is associated with negative mood, which has the potential to be a powerful driver of creativity. However, the influence of negative mood on cognitive creativity and emotional creativity remains elusive. Previous research has indicated that self-focused attention is likely to be related to both negative mood and creativity. The current study introduced two self-focused attention variables (i.e., rumination, reflection) to explore how negative mood might contribute to cognitive creativity and emotional creativity. Based on a sample of 351 participants, our study found that (1) negative mood during the outbreak of COVID-19 was associated with cognitive creativity and emotional creativity. Meanwhile, there were significant serial mediation effects of rumination and reflection in the relationship between negative mood and creativity and (2) the psychological impact after exposure to the COVID-19 epidemic was positively correlated with emotional creativity but not with cognitive creativity. These results suggested that individuals, in real life and work, could achieve better creative performance through moderate self-focus. Moreover, individuals with different mood states can be induced to enhance their creativity in times of crisis through intervention training to promote reflection.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.600837/fullnegative moodself-focused attentioncognitive creativityemotional creativityCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Ying Du Yilong Yang Yilong Yang Xuewei Wang Cong Xie Chunyu Liu Weiping Hu Weiping Hu Yadan Li A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic Frontiers in Psychology negative mood self-focused attention cognitive creativity emotional creativity COVID-19 |
| title | A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_full | A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_fullStr | A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_short | A Positive Role of Negative Mood on Creativity: The Opportunity in the Crisis of the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_sort | positive role of negative mood on creativity the opportunity in the crisis of the covid 19 epidemic |
| topic | negative mood self-focused attention cognitive creativity emotional creativity COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.600837/full |
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