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Liangyu Xing¹, Wenyu Zhang¹, Yikuan Kan¹

¹Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

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Anger positively impacts creative performance, particularly when elicited imaginatively and directed towards malevolent creativity. This meta-analysis clarifies the complex mood-creativity relationship, offering practical insights.

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Meta-analysis anger creativity malevolent creativity

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Background:

Extensive research explores the creativity-mood link, but findings on anger's effect are inconsistent.
Understanding how specific emotions influence creative output is crucial for psychological and cognitive science.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically analyze the relationship between anger and creative performance.
To identify moderators influencing the anger-creativity connection.

Main Methods:

A three-level meta-analysis was performed on 115 effect sizes from 2,413 participants.
Random effects modeling was employed to account for study heterogeneity.

Main Results:

A significant positive correlation was found between anger and creative performance (r = 0.184).
The effect was stronger when anger was imaginatively elicited and directed towards malevolent creativity.
Creative task type, outcome reporting, and time constraints did not moderate the relationship.

Conclusions:

Anger generally enhances creative performance, especially under specific elicitation and target conditions.
Findings refine theoretical models of mood and creativity.
Practical applications exist for leveraging anger to modulate creative performance.