Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also affect creativity and thus, its potential effects should be controlled for. The results of multilevel analyses showed that, as expected, conservatism was a significant predictor of lower creativity, adjusting for economic status, age, sex, education level, subjective susceptibility to disease, and country-level parasite stress. In addition, most of the variability in creativity was due to individual rather than country-level variance. Our study provides evidence for a weak but significant negative link between conservatism and creativity at the individual level (beta = -0.08, p < .001) and no such effect when country-level conservatism was considered. We present our hypotheses considering previous findings on the behavioral immune system in humans.
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Autor | Groyecka-Bernard, Agata Sorokowski, Piotr Karwowski, Maciej Roberts, S. Craig Aavik, Toivo Akello, Grace Alm, Charlotte Amjad, Naumana Asao, Kelly Atama, Chiemezie S. Duyar, Derya Atamturk Ayebare, Richard Batres, Carlota Bensafia, Aicha Bertoni, Anna Bizumic, Boris Boussena, Mahmoud Buss, David M. Butovskaya, Marina Can, Seda Carrier, Antonin Cetinkaya, Hakan Conroy-Beam, Daniel Varella, Marco Antonio Correa Croy, Ilona Cueto, Rosa Maria Czerwonka, Marta Czub, Marcin Donato, Silvia Dronova, Daria Dural, Seda Duyar, Izzet Ertugrul, Berna Espinosa, Agustin Esteves, Carla Sofia Frackowiak, Tomasz Gajda, Aleksandra Galewska-Kustra, Marta Graduno, Jorge Contreras Guemaz, Farida Hromatko, Ivana Hui, Chin-Ming Herak, Iskra Iafrate, Raffaella Jaafar, Jas Laile Jankowska, Dorota M. Jiang, Feng Kafetsios, Konstantinos Kavcic, Tina Kervyn, Nicolas O. Kobis, Nils C. Lebuda, Izabela Lennard, Georgina R. Leon, Ernesto Lindholm, Torun Alhabahba, Mohammad Madallh Manesi, Zoi McKerchar, Sarah L. Misra, Girishwar Monaghan, Conal Mora, Emanuel C. Moya-Garofano, Alba Musil, Bojan Natividade, Jean Carlos Nizharadze, George Oberzaucher, Elisabeth Oleszkiewicz, Anna Omar Fauzee, Mohd Sofian Onyishi, Ike E. Ozener, Baris Pazhoohi, Farid Perun, Mariia Pisanski, Annette Pisanski, Katarzyna Ponciano, Edna Lucia Tinoco Popa, Camelia Prokop, Pavol Rizwan, Muhammad Salkicevic, Svjetlana Schmehl, Susanne Senyk, Oksana Sharad, Shivantika Simonetti, Franco Tadinac, Meri Ugalde Gonzalez, Karina Uhryn, Olha Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Vega, Diego Weremczuk-Marczynska, Ewa Widarini, Dwi Ajeng Yoo, Gyesook Zupancic, Maja Anjum, Afifa Shahid, Anam Sorokowska, Agnieszka |
Título | Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries |
Revista | Journal of cross-cultural psychology |
ISSN | 0022-0221 |
ISSN electrónico | 1552-5422 |
Volumen | 55 |
Número de publicación | 4 |
Página inicio | 368 |
Página final | 385 |
Fecha de publicación | 2024 |
Resumen | Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also affect creativity and thus, its potential effects should be controlled for. The results of multilevel analyses showed that, as expected, conservatism was a significant predictor of lower creativity, adjusting for economic status, age, sex, education level, subjective susceptibility to disease, and country-level parasite stress. In addition, most of the variability in creativity was due to individual rather than country-level variance. Our study provides evidence for a weak but significant negative link between conservatism and creativity at the individual level (beta = -0.08, p < .001) and no such effect when country-level conservatism was considered. We present our hypotheses considering previous findings on the behavioral immune system in humans. |
Derechos | acceso restringido |
DOI | 10.1177/00220221241238321 |
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Id de publicación en WoS | WOS:001197926500001 |
Palabra clave | creativity TCT-DP behavioral immune system parasite stress conservatism liberalism cross-cultural |
Tema ODS | 04 Quality Education |
Tema ODS español | 04 Educación de calidad |
Tipo de documento | artículo |