The Impact of Creativity Training on Inter-Group Conflict-Related Emotions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10071562
AutoresNardine Fahoum (0000-0003-4482-2367, University of Haifa, autor de correspondencia), Hadas Pick (0009-0008-0889-2249, University of Haifa), Simone Shamay-Tsoory (0000-0003-1088-5212, University of Haifa)
Año2023
Volumen68
Número7-8
Páginas1494-1521
Fecha de publicación2023-08-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220027231198517
OpenAlexW4386221351
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas95

Negative emotions toward outgroup members are primary factors in maintaining and escalating inter-group conflicts. Building on studies showing that highly creative individuals exhibit fewer negative emotions toward outgroup members, we examined whether training creativity by means of divergent thinking tasks would reduce negative emotions toward outgroup members in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Experiment 1 examined the effectiveness of a 2-week creativity training program that entailed executing divergent thinking tasks. The results show that individuals trained to think creatively exhibited fewer negative emotions toward the outgroup compared to the control group. Experiment 2 examined the effects of a short creativity intervention and found that the intensity of negative emotions did not change immediately after carrying out divergent thinking tasks. These findings suggest that extended, but not short, creativity intervention may regulate negative emotions toward outgroup members, indicating that emotional change in the context of conflicts is possible only after repeated creativity training

Context (archaeology · Creativity · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Outgroup · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology