Corinna Perchtold‐stefan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2933167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corinna Perchtold‐stefan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corinna |
| FAMILY NAME | Perchtold‐stefan |
| SIGNATURE | STEFAN C P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Graz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8334-0574 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Development and Behavioral Validation of the Dark Creativity Deception Battery ( DCDB )
Although creativity is commonly associated with positive outcomes, emerging research has highlighted its darker side, particularly in facilitating deceptive and unethical behavior. This study introduces the Dark Creativity Deception Battery (DCDB), a novel task‐based assessment designed to measure creative deception across prosocial, self‐serving, and antisocial contexts. Participants ( N = 755) were recruited from India, USA, and Austria. They c…
Listen to Your Body to Control Your Thoughts
Trait self‐regulation, as the effort to monitor and alter thoughts, feelings, and behavior using feedback from the body (interoception), is important for creativity. But what about the role of state self‐regulation in everyday life situations? We investigated the dynamic interactions between state self‐regulation, creative idea generation, as well as interoceptive skills in the cardiac domain as a potentially mediating mechanism. In this study, n…
Do Fans of Violent Stories Show a Higher Potential for Creative Harm? True Crime as a Stimulating Environment for Malevolent Creativity
The media we consume may shape our cognition, emotion, and behavior. While violent media effects on aggression have been studied extensively, one popular media genre has escaped scrutiny until now: true crime, featuring real stories of assault, murder, or serial killings. We investigated the idea that the manifold examples of real human violence in true crime may be linked to people's capacity for malevolent creativity—generating creative ideas f…
Humor as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Exhaustion and Depressive Symptoms in University Students and the General Population
The search for resilience factors that could minimize the transition from burnout to depression may offer a valuable approach for depression prevention. The present study investigated whether humor could be such a potential resilience factor in two independent studies. In study 1 ( n = 58, students), we used a performance-based approach integrating linguistic and psychometric methods to investigate whether the ability to produce humor in positive…
At the Heart of Creative Thoughts
Creativity research has seldom focused on the neurophysiological dynamics of the subjectively experienced quality of creative ideas. This study reports the reanalysis of an ecological momentary assessment of 157 participants, who previously showed higher heart rate variability (HRV) associated with higher objective creativity in the figural domain and reduced HRV with higher objective creativity in the verbal domain. As a new angle, this study in…
Fear of Losing Power and Malevolent Creativity in Organizational Leaders
Leader's fear of power loss may motivate novel antisocial behavior toward employees. In this study, we hypothesized a positive relationship between leader's fear of power loss and leader's engagement in malevolent creativity toward employees (i.e., creativity used for harming employees). We also hypothesized that this relationship is moderated by how leaders' construe power, either as an opportunity or as a responsibility. Study 1, a time‐lagged …
Out of the dark - Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences. Additionally, we present a large-scale behavioural investigation for comprehensive empirical insights into motives, and behavioural and …
Social exclusion increases antisocial tendencies
Reliability and validity of a novel Ambulatory Battery of Creativity (ABC)
Today’s positive affect predicts tomorrow’s experience of meaningful coincidences
The perception of meaningful patterns in random arrangements and unrelated events takes place in our everyday lives, coined apophenia, synchronicity, or the experience of meaningful coincidences.However, we do not know yet what predicts this phenomenon.To investigate this, we re-analyzed a combined data set of two daily diary studies with a total of N = 169 participants (mean age 29.95 years; 54 men).We investigated if positive or negative affect…
Criminal Genius or Everyday Villain? A Comparison of Malevolent Creativity Among Prisoners, Police Officers, and the General Population
Criminals allegedly use effective novelty to intentionally exploit and harm others (creative fraud, theft, and murder). However, empirical evidence that criminals possess higher malevolent creativity than individuals without criminal backgrounds is lacking. We compared a male sample of prisoners in a maximum‐security penitentiary ( n = 140), police officers ( n = 122), and the general population ( n = 106) on three different aspects of malevolent…
It is heart to be creative
A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed guidance on colour choices, irrespective of age group. To work towards informed choices, we investigated whether the associations between colours and emotions observed in younger individuals also apply to older adults. We recruited …
High avoidance and low approach motivation affect cognitive reappraisal generation in the face of anger
This study investigates the link between the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) and individuals’ capacity to spontaneously invent alternate appraisals for aversive events. Eighty-two women completed the Reappraisal Inventiveness Test for anger-eliciting situations, and quantity and quality of reappraisal ideas were correlated with BIS, BAS, and FFFS sensitivity (RST-Personality Questionnaire). Results revealed that high BIS and high F…
Depressive Symptoms are Positively Linked to Malevolent Creativity
Depressed mood has attracted little attention in creativity research. By comparison, psychotherapeutic studies have repeatedly associated depressive symptomatology with increased revenge ideation. Combining creativity and retaliatory ideation, the present study examined whether self‐reported subclinical depressive symptoms are linked to malevolent creativity – creativity used for the purpose of damaging others – in a psychometric test. In a sampl…
Step-by-step to more creativity
Research indicated an association of acute and chronic physical activity with creative ideation performance. However, no study to date applied ecologically valid ambulatory methods with the potential to generalize these positive relationships to everyday life contexts. This study assessed acute and chronic physical activity (i.e., number of steps assessed via acceleration sensors) as well as creative ideation performance (in the verbal and figura…
Antisocial Schizotypy Is Linked to Malevolent Creativity
The personality trait of schizotypy has received considerable attention in creativity research; however, to date, literature has exclusively focused on its relationship with benevolent creative ideation. The present study investigated how different subdimensions of schizotypy were related to malevolent creativity, where original ideas are generated to harm others intentionally. N = 104 participants completed a novel performance test for malevolen…
Creative, Antagonistic, and Angry? Exploring the Roots of Malevolent Creativity with a Real‐World Idea Generation Task
Research is currently witnessing more investigations into malevolent creativity—creativity that is used to intentionally harm others. Inspired by previous methods to measure malevolent creativity, in the present study, we introduce a real‐world behavioral task designed to capture individuals’ capacity for using creativity for the purpose of attaining malevolent goals in response to everyday, provocative situations. In a sample of 105 students, we…
The propensity to perceive meaningful coincidences is associated with increased posterior alpha power during retention of information in a modified Sternberg paradigm
A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed guidance on colour choices, irrespective of age group. To work towards informed choices, we investigated whether the associations between colours and emotions observed in younger individuals also apply to older adults. We recruited …
Out of the dark - Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences. Additionally, we present a large-scale behavioural investigation for comprehensive empirical insights into motives, and behavioural and …
The propensity to perceive meaningful coincidences is associated with increased posterior alpha power during retention of information in a modified Sternberg paradigm
Creative, Antagonistic, and Angry? Exploring the Roots of Malevolent Creativity with a Real‐World Idea Generation Task
Research is currently witnessing more investigations into malevolent creativity—creativity that is used to intentionally harm others. Inspired by previous methods to measure malevolent creativity, in the present study, we introduce a real‐world behavioral task designed to capture individuals’ capacity for using creativity for the purpose of attaining malevolent goals in response to everyday, provocative situations. In a sample of 105 students, we…
Antisocial Schizotypy Is Linked to Malevolent Creativity
The personality trait of schizotypy has received considerable attention in creativity research; however, to date, literature has exclusively focused on its relationship with benevolent creative ideation. The present study investigated how different subdimensions of schizotypy were related to malevolent creativity, where original ideas are generated to harm others intentionally. N = 104 participants completed a novel performance test for malevolen…
High avoidance and low approach motivation affect cognitive reappraisal generation in the face of anger
This study investigates the link between the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) and individuals’ capacity to spontaneously invent alternate appraisals for aversive events. Eighty-two women completed the Reappraisal Inventiveness Test for anger-eliciting situations, and quantity and quality of reappraisal ideas were correlated with BIS, BAS, and FFFS sensitivity (RST-Personality Questionnaire). Results revealed that high BIS and high F…
Depressive Symptoms are Positively Linked to Malevolent Creativity
Depressed mood has attracted little attention in creativity research. By comparison, psychotherapeutic studies have repeatedly associated depressive symptomatology with increased revenge ideation. Combining creativity and retaliatory ideation, the present study examined whether self‐reported subclinical depressive symptoms are linked to malevolent creativity – creativity used for the purpose of damaging others – in a psychometric test. In a sampl…
Step-by-step to more creativity
Research indicated an association of acute and chronic physical activity with creative ideation performance. However, no study to date applied ecologically valid ambulatory methods with the potential to generalize these positive relationships to everyday life contexts. This study assessed acute and chronic physical activity (i.e., number of steps assessed via acceleration sensors) as well as creative ideation performance (in the verbal and figura…
Social exclusion increases antisocial tendencies
Reliability and validity of a novel Ambulatory Battery of Creativity (ABC)
Today’s positive affect predicts tomorrow’s experience of meaningful coincidences
The perception of meaningful patterns in random arrangements and unrelated events takes place in our everyday lives, coined apophenia, synchronicity, or the experience of meaningful coincidences.However, we do not know yet what predicts this phenomenon.To investigate this, we re-analyzed a combined data set of two daily diary studies with a total of N = 169 participants (mean age 29.95 years; 54 men).We investigated if positive or negative affect…
Criminal Genius or Everyday Villain? A Comparison of Malevolent Creativity Among Prisoners, Police Officers, and the General Population
Criminals allegedly use effective novelty to intentionally exploit and harm others (creative fraud, theft, and murder). However, empirical evidence that criminals possess higher malevolent creativity than individuals without criminal backgrounds is lacking. We compared a male sample of prisoners in a maximum‐security penitentiary ( n = 140), police officers ( n = 122), and the general population ( n = 106) on three different aspects of malevolent…
It is heart to be creative
A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed guidance on colour choices, irrespective of age group. To work towards informed choices, we investigated whether the associations between colours and emotions observed in younger individuals also apply to older adults. We recruited …
Humor as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Exhaustion and Depressive Symptoms in University Students and the General Population
The search for resilience factors that could minimize the transition from burnout to depression may offer a valuable approach for depression prevention. The present study investigated whether humor could be such a potential resilience factor in two independent studies. In study 1 ( n = 58, students), we used a performance-based approach integrating linguistic and psychometric methods to investigate whether the ability to produce humor in positive…
At the Heart of Creative Thoughts
Creativity research has seldom focused on the neurophysiological dynamics of the subjectively experienced quality of creative ideas. This study reports the reanalysis of an ecological momentary assessment of 157 participants, who previously showed higher heart rate variability (HRV) associated with higher objective creativity in the figural domain and reduced HRV with higher objective creativity in the verbal domain. As a new angle, this study in…
Fear of Losing Power and Malevolent Creativity in Organizational Leaders
Leader's fear of power loss may motivate novel antisocial behavior toward employees. In this study, we hypothesized a positive relationship between leader's fear of power loss and leader's engagement in malevolent creativity toward employees (i.e., creativity used for harming employees). We also hypothesized that this relationship is moderated by how leaders' construe power, either as an opportunity or as a responsibility. Study 1, a time‐lagged …
Out of the dark - Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences. Additionally, we present a large-scale behavioural investigation for comprehensive empirical insights into motives, and behavioural and …
Development and Behavioral Validation of the Dark Creativity Deception Battery ( DCDB )
Although creativity is commonly associated with positive outcomes, emerging research has highlighted its darker side, particularly in facilitating deceptive and unethical behavior. This study introduces the Dark Creativity Deception Battery (DCDB), a novel task‐based assessment designed to measure creative deception across prosocial, self‐serving, and antisocial contexts. Participants ( N = 755) were recruited from India, USA, and Austria. They c…
Listen to Your Body to Control Your Thoughts
Trait self‐regulation, as the effort to monitor and alter thoughts, feelings, and behavior using feedback from the body (interoception), is important for creativity. But what about the role of state self‐regulation in everyday life situations? We investigated the dynamic interactions between state self‐regulation, creative idea generation, as well as interoceptive skills in the cardiac domain as a potentially mediating mechanism. In this study, n…
Do Fans of Violent Stories Show a Higher Potential for Creative Harm? True Crime as a Stimulating Environment for Malevolent Creativity
The media we consume may shape our cognition, emotion, and behavior. While violent media effects on aggression have been studied extensively, one popular media genre has escaped scrutiny until now: true crime, featuring real stories of assault, murder, or serial killings. We investigated the idea that the manifold examples of real human violence in true crime may be linked to people's capacity for malevolent creativity—generating creative ideas f…
Psychology (13 works) · Creativity (11 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Mind wandering and attention (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Ideation (4 works) · Trait (4 works)