Hansika Kapoor
Biographic Data
| ID | 212168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hansika Kapoor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hansika |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapoor |
| SIGNATURE | KAPOOR H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0805-7752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Predicting creativity from personality traits and overexcitabilities: Cross-cultural evidence from Lebanon and the United States
This cross-cultural study examined how demographic factors, the Big Five personality traits, and overexcitabilities predict creativity across five domains: everyday, scholarly, performance, scientific, and artistic. Data were collected from 1020 university students (407 males, 613 females) enrolled at four universities across the United States (n = 505) and Lebanon (n = 515). Using domain-specific self-report measures of creativity, the study inv…
Mapping creativity in the Pisa 2022 student and context questionnaires: An expert evaluation of content validity of the creativity self- and other-report scales.
Helpful or not? Inaccurate appraisals of prosociality in the dark triad
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…
The Ties That Bind: Low Morals, High Deception, and Dark Creativity
Self-reported dark creativity has been related to lower concerns for all moral foundations, especially among those with dark personality traits. The present study aimed to extend these findings using real-world divergent thinking tasks with ethical and unethical instructions. Data (N = 1346, males = 388, females = 840, Mage = 20.93, SD = 5.48) were collected on creative performance, moral foundations, and dark personality traits, including trait …
Shining a Light on Dark Creativity
Investigating how creativity can be used for nefarious purposes is slowly gaining traction. In general, dark creativity is likely to emerge in open-ended contexts where rules can be reinterpreted, by actors who display cognitive and moral flexibility. The current paper chronicles my past work in this domain, both empirical and theoretical, emphasizing the importance of understanding the nuances of dark creative intent and behavior. If the constru…
The impact of life skills education on socio-emotional development and school-related outcomes among adolescents in India
The C2L program has a positive impact on both educational and socio-emotional outcomes among adolescents. The findings suggest that life skills interventions can effectively enhance school attendance, self-efficacy, resilience, and gender attitudes. These results have important implications for policy, indicating that integrating socio-emotional learning (SEL) programs in school curricula can contribute to better educational and developmental out…
What Could Go Wrong? Anxiety Fuels, but Optimism Buffers Negative Counterfactual Divergent Thinking
Anxiety‐driven counterfactual thinking can be a slippery slope. Building on the premise that both positive and negative emotions can impact creativity, the present study examines how trait anxiety, optimism, and other mental health factors like therapy experience shape outputs in divergent thinking (DT) tasks. Using an online sample ( N = 647), the study introduces counterfactual DT tasks, where participants are prompted to respond to how a situa…
The Importance of Context Awareness in Pisa Creativity Data
For the first time in 2022, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) assessed creative thinking skills among 15‐year‐old students in 64 countries. The inclusion of measures assessing the generation and evaluation of new and diverse ideas is a welcome step, especially as PISA also includes data on academic performance. Early results from descriptive analysis indicate that girls outperform boys in creative thinking, and better socioeco…
Do you trust the rumors? Examining the determinants of health‐related misinformation in India
Rumors, conspiracies, and health‐related misinformation have gone hand‐in‐hand with the global COVID‐19 pandemic, making it hard to obtain reliable and accurate information. Against this background, this study examined the different psychosocial predictors of believing in conspiratorial information related to general health in India. Indian participants ( N = 826) responded to measures related to conspiratorial thinking, trust, moral emotions, po…
Who is the most creative of them all: Art bias in laypersons’ explicit and implicit beliefs
Perspectives and presentation of mental health among women from rural Maharashtra (India): A qualitative study
Overall, this study aimed at improving the understanding of the MH needs of women in rural Maharashtra, which can further catalyze an exploration of their general MH and devise suitable interventions for the same
Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in Covid-19 preprints
Replications are important for assessing the reliability of published findings. However, they are costly, and it is infeasible to replicate everything. Accurate, fast, lower-cost alternatives such as eliciting predictions could accelerate assessment for rapid policy implementation in a crisis and help guide a more efficient allocation of scarce replication resources. We elicited judgements from participants on 100 claims from preprints about an e…
Explaining standardized educational test scores: The role of creativity above and beyond GPA and personality
Toward equitable creativity self-assessment: Measurement invariance and mean differences across ethnicity in the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale
Double Jab: Survey Evidence on Vaccine Hesitancy, Beliefs, and Attitudes in India
India witnessed a large surge in COVID-19 cases in April 2021, a second wave of nearly 350,000 daily new infections across the country. As of December 2021, cases have reduced drastically, in part due to greater vaccine coverage across the country. This study reports results on vaccine hesitancy, attitudes, and behaviors from an online survey conducted between February and March 2021 in nine Indian cities (N = 518). We find that vaccine hesitancy…
Grasping Creative Valences: A Person-Centered Study on Creativity as A Resource for Young People’s Optimal Identity Formation
Forming an optimal identity is a complex task for young people because it requires distinctive personal resources that are flexible and sensitive to their context. One of these resources, creativity, has been explored in recent psychological literature showing ambiguous relationships with identity development. The present study aims to investigate if and when creativity can be a resource for individual well-being during late adolescence and young…
Mental health resources, barriers, and intervention needs among women in rural Maharashtra, India: A qualitative study
This research paper focuses on the mental health needs, the need for mental health interventions and barriers in mental healthcare of women living in rural Maharashtra, India. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study has collected data from a sample of women living in the rural areas of Maharashtra through in-depth interviews. The data collected has been analyzed to identify the barriers and obstacles in mental healthcare, how the existing commu…
We're very grateful: Moral emotions, role models, and trust predict vaccine uptake intent in India
This study investigated determinants of the willingness to get vaccinated in India and examined the relationship between engagement in preventive behaviours and vaccine uptake intent. A large-scale online survey covering aspects of COVID-19 preventive behaviours, vaccination status, moral emotions, trust in others, role models, and socio-demographics was used. A total of 953 Indians participated in the survey between May and June 2021, of which 7…
Unbound: The Relationship Among Creativity, Moral Foundations, and Dark Personality
Creativity, and more recently dark creativity, have yet to be studied in relation to moral foundations, especially against the background of dark traits. This study identified moral foundations that predicted creativity, particularly malevolent creativity, after accounting for Dark Triad/Tetrad traits. Data ( N = 529, M age = 20.10 years, SD = 4.55) on self‐reported creativity, personality, and moral foundations were collected. Results indicated …
The evil within: The Amoral model of dark creativity
The dark side of creativity entails using original thought to meet a selfish, negative, or evil goal, with or without the deliberate intent to harm others. Recent empirical advances have studied the behavioral correlates of such creativity, including associations with aggression, deception, and subclinical psychopathy. The time, therefore, seems apt to propose a theoretical framework for dark creativity’s development and manifestation. This artic…
Creativity and Morality
Worry much? Preventive health behaviours related to worry across countries amid Covid-19
This study examined the relationship between worry and health behaviours using an online survey of 69,033 respondents from 32 countries. We hypothesized that past health behaviours predicted worry experienced, which in turn predicted future health behaviours, and included a metric of cultural distance from the US. Past behaviours such as maintaining physical distance predicted higher worry, whereas worry reduced the likelihood of going outside. B…
Why so curious? Validation and cross‐cultural investigation of the Hindi Epistemic Curiosity Scale
Epistemic curiosity (EC) is the motive and need to seek knowledge. The present work entails validation of the English EC Scale translated into the Hindi language. Study 1 comprised confirmatory factor analysis of the Hindi scale using a sample of 223 bilingual Indians (143 females). The 10‐item two‐factor structure with Interest and Deprivation subscales was validated for the Hindi EC Scale. Convergent and discriminant validity was established, a…
Swears in Context: The Difference Between Casual and Abusive Swearing
Worry much? Preventive health behaviours related to worry across countries amid Covid-19
This study examined the relationship between worry and health behaviours using an online survey of 69,033 respondents from 32 countries. We hypothesized that past health behaviours predicted worry experienced, which in turn predicted future health behaviours, and included a metric of cultural distance from the US. Past behaviours such as maintaining physical distance predicted higher worry, whereas worry reduced the likelihood of going outside. B…
Sacred nudging” and sanitation decisions in India
Sanitation policies in India have primarily focused on infrastructure development, through building latrines and toilets. Given the persistence of open defecation in India despite such efforts, emphases on behavioral change interventions are crucial. We explore why and how the dual nature of purity and degradation in public and private spaces is relevant to such problems. In the context of sanitation and health policies in India, we propose an in…
She did it her way: An analysis of female rebellion in contemporary Bollywood movies
Mainstream Hindi cinema, or Bollywood, has often clustered female characters into a finite number of gendered tropes, from damsels in distress, Hindu goddesses, virtuous wives and mothers, to vamps, molls, vindictive mothers-in-law, and justice-seeking avengers. Recently, women-centric cinema has attempted to depart from such stereotypical portrayals, with movies such as Queen, Pink, and Tumhari Sulu. The present study investigates the nature of …
Who Are You to Me? Relational Distance to Victims and Perpetrators Affects Advising to Report Rape
The victim's decision to report a crime is generally dependent on the advice received from a confidant. The effects of a confidant's relationship to victims and perpetrators on the advice given to report rape were investigated. Indian participants ( N = 418) read one of the seven scenarios of acquaintance rape as a confidant; the scenarios depicted different relationships between the victim and perpetrator (family vs. friend vs. stranger). Confid…
Are Cheaters Common or Creative: Person-Situation Interactions of Resistance in Learning Contexts
Swears in Context: The Difference Between Casual and Abusive Swearing
An Analysis of Thoughts, Behaviours, and Emotions in Daily Decision-Making
Investigating Altruism and Selfishness Through the Hypothetical Use of Superpowers
Drawing from literature associating superheroes with altruism, this study examined whether ordinary individuals engaged in altruistic or selfish behavior when they were hypothetically given superpowers. Participants were presented with six superpowers—three positive (healing, invulnerability, and flight) and three negative (fear inducement, psychic persuasion, and poison generation). They indicated their desirability for each power, what they wou…
The Bechdel in India: Gendered depictions in contemporary Hindi cinema
The Bechdel test is a popular measure used to examine the adequacy of representation of women in movies, and other media. Although often applied to Hollywood movies, the test has rarely, if ever, been used to assess Hindi cinema. This paper adopts, adapts, and extends the original Bechdel test to scrutinise stereotypical, non-stereotypical, and typical dialogic content of same-sex conversations in three genres of Hindi cinema – top-grossing block…
Sacred nudging” and sanitation decisions in India
Sanitation policies in India have primarily focused on infrastructure development, through building latrines and toilets. Given the persistence of open defecation in India despite such efforts, emphases on behavioral change interventions are crucial. We explore why and how the dual nature of purity and degradation in public and private spaces is relevant to such problems. In the context of sanitation and health policies in India, we propose an in…
Are Cheaters Common or Creative: Person-Situation Interactions of Resistance in Learning Contexts
Why so curious? Validation and cross‐cultural investigation of the Hindi Epistemic Curiosity Scale
Epistemic curiosity (EC) is the motive and need to seek knowledge. The present work entails validation of the English EC Scale translated into the Hindi language. Study 1 comprised confirmatory factor analysis of the Hindi scale using a sample of 223 bilingual Indians (143 females). The 10‐item two‐factor structure with Interest and Deprivation subscales was validated for the Hindi EC Scale. Convergent and discriminant validity was established, a…
I Didn’t Have Time! A Qualitative Exploration of Misbehaviors in Academic Contexts
She did it her way: An analysis of female rebellion in contemporary Bollywood movies
Mainstream Hindi cinema, or Bollywood, has often clustered female characters into a finite number of gendered tropes, from damsels in distress, Hindu goddesses, virtuous wives and mothers, to vamps, molls, vindictive mothers-in-law, and justice-seeking avengers. Recently, women-centric cinema has attempted to depart from such stereotypical portrayals, with movies such as Queen, Pink, and Tumhari Sulu. The present study investigates the nature of …
Who Are You to Me? Relational Distance to Victims and Perpetrators Affects Advising to Report Rape
The victim's decision to report a crime is generally dependent on the advice received from a confidant. The effects of a confidant's relationship to victims and perpetrators on the advice given to report rape were investigated. Indian participants ( N = 418) read one of the seven scenarios of acquaintance rape as a confidant; the scenarios depicted different relationships between the victim and perpetrator (family vs. friend vs. stranger). Confid…
Unbound: The Relationship Among Creativity, Moral Foundations, and Dark Personality
Creativity, and more recently dark creativity, have yet to be studied in relation to moral foundations, especially against the background of dark traits. This study identified moral foundations that predicted creativity, particularly malevolent creativity, after accounting for Dark Triad/Tetrad traits. Data ( N = 529, M age = 20.10 years, SD = 4.55) on self‐reported creativity, personality, and moral foundations were collected. Results indicated …
The evil within: The Amoral model of dark creativity
The dark side of creativity entails using original thought to meet a selfish, negative, or evil goal, with or without the deliberate intent to harm others. Recent empirical advances have studied the behavioral correlates of such creativity, including associations with aggression, deception, and subclinical psychopathy. The time, therefore, seems apt to propose a theoretical framework for dark creativity’s development and manifestation. This artic…
Creativity and Morality
Worry much? Preventive health behaviours related to worry across countries amid Covid-19
This study examined the relationship between worry and health behaviours using an online survey of 69,033 respondents from 32 countries. We hypothesized that past health behaviours predicted worry experienced, which in turn predicted future health behaviours, and included a metric of cultural distance from the US. Past behaviours such as maintaining physical distance predicted higher worry, whereas worry reduced the likelihood of going outside. B…
Explaining standardized educational test scores: The role of creativity above and beyond GPA and personality
Toward equitable creativity self-assessment: Measurement invariance and mean differences across ethnicity in the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale
Double Jab: Survey Evidence on Vaccine Hesitancy, Beliefs, and Attitudes in India
India witnessed a large surge in COVID-19 cases in April 2021, a second wave of nearly 350,000 daily new infections across the country. As of December 2021, cases have reduced drastically, in part due to greater vaccine coverage across the country. This study reports results on vaccine hesitancy, attitudes, and behaviors from an online survey conducted between February and March 2021 in nine Indian cities (N = 518). We find that vaccine hesitancy…
Grasping Creative Valences: A Person-Centered Study on Creativity as A Resource for Young People’s Optimal Identity Formation
Forming an optimal identity is a complex task for young people because it requires distinctive personal resources that are flexible and sensitive to their context. One of these resources, creativity, has been explored in recent psychological literature showing ambiguous relationships with identity development. The present study aims to investigate if and when creativity can be a resource for individual well-being during late adolescence and young…
Mental health resources, barriers, and intervention needs among women in rural Maharashtra, India: A qualitative study
This research paper focuses on the mental health needs, the need for mental health interventions and barriers in mental healthcare of women living in rural Maharashtra, India. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study has collected data from a sample of women living in the rural areas of Maharashtra through in-depth interviews. The data collected has been analyzed to identify the barriers and obstacles in mental healthcare, how the existing commu…
We're very grateful: Moral emotions, role models, and trust predict vaccine uptake intent in India
This study investigated determinants of the willingness to get vaccinated in India and examined the relationship between engagement in preventive behaviours and vaccine uptake intent. A large-scale online survey covering aspects of COVID-19 preventive behaviours, vaccination status, moral emotions, trust in others, role models, and socio-demographics was used. A total of 953 Indians participated in the survey between May and June 2021, of which 7…
Do you trust the rumors? Examining the determinants of health‐related misinformation in India
Rumors, conspiracies, and health‐related misinformation have gone hand‐in‐hand with the global COVID‐19 pandemic, making it hard to obtain reliable and accurate information. Against this background, this study examined the different psychosocial predictors of believing in conspiratorial information related to general health in India. Indian participants ( N = 826) responded to measures related to conspiratorial thinking, trust, moral emotions, po…
Who is the most creative of them all: Art bias in laypersons’ explicit and implicit beliefs
Perspectives and presentation of mental health among women from rural Maharashtra (India): A qualitative study
Overall, this study aimed at improving the understanding of the MH needs of women in rural Maharashtra, which can further catalyze an exploration of their general MH and devise suitable interventions for the same
Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in Covid-19 preprints
Replications are important for assessing the reliability of published findings. However, they are costly, and it is infeasible to replicate everything. Accurate, fast, lower-cost alternatives such as eliciting predictions could accelerate assessment for rapid policy implementation in a crisis and help guide a more efficient allocation of scarce replication resources. We elicited judgements from participants on 100 claims from preprints about an e…
The Ties That Bind: Low Morals, High Deception, and Dark Creativity
Self-reported dark creativity has been related to lower concerns for all moral foundations, especially among those with dark personality traits. The present study aimed to extend these findings using real-world divergent thinking tasks with ethical and unethical instructions. Data (N = 1346, males = 388, females = 840, Mage = 20.93, SD = 5.48) were collected on creative performance, moral foundations, and dark personality traits, including trait …
Psychology (25 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Creativity (13 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)