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COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity?
In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a period of lockdown that impacted individuals’ lifestyles, in both professional and personal spheres. New problems and challenges arose, as well as opportunities. Numerous studies have examined the negative effects of lockdown measures, but few have a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7848087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536973 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601150 |
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author | Mercier, Maxence Vinchon, Florent Pichot, Nicolas Bonetto, Eric Bonnardel, Nathalie Girandola, Fabien Lubart, Todd |
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description | In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a period of lockdown that impacted individuals’ lifestyles, in both professional and personal spheres. New problems and challenges arose, as well as opportunities. Numerous studies have examined the negative effects of lockdown measures, but few have attempted to shine light on the potential positive effects that may come out of these measures. We focused on one particular positive outcome that might have emerged from lockdown: creativity. To this end, this paper compared self-reported professional creativity (Pro-C) and everyday creativity (little-c) before and during lockdown, using a questionnaire-based study conducted on a French sample (N = 1266). We expected participants to be more creative during than prior to lockdown, in both professional and everyday spheres. Regarding Pro-C, we did not see any significant differences between the two comparison points, before and during lockdown. Regarding everyday creativity, we observed a significant increase during lockdown. Furthermore, our results suggest that participants with a lower baseline creativity (before lockdown) benefited more from the situation than those with a higher initial baseline creativity. Our results provide new insights on the impact of lockdown and its positive outcomes. These measures may have inarguably negative consequences on the physical and mental health of many, but their positive impact exists as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-78480872021-02-02 COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? Mercier, Maxence Vinchon, Florent Pichot, Nicolas Bonetto, Eric Bonnardel, Nathalie Girandola, Fabien Lubart, Todd Front Psychol Psychology In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a period of lockdown that impacted individuals’ lifestyles, in both professional and personal spheres. New problems and challenges arose, as well as opportunities. Numerous studies have examined the negative effects of lockdown measures, but few have attempted to shine light on the potential positive effects that may come out of these measures. We focused on one particular positive outcome that might have emerged from lockdown: creativity. To this end, this paper compared self-reported professional creativity (Pro-C) and everyday creativity (little-c) before and during lockdown, using a questionnaire-based study conducted on a French sample (N = 1266). We expected participants to be more creative during than prior to lockdown, in both professional and everyday spheres. Regarding Pro-C, we did not see any significant differences between the two comparison points, before and during lockdown. Regarding everyday creativity, we observed a significant increase during lockdown. Furthermore, our results suggest that participants with a lower baseline creativity (before lockdown) benefited more from the situation than those with a higher initial baseline creativity. Our results provide new insights on the impact of lockdown and its positive outcomes. These measures may have inarguably negative consequences on the physical and mental health of many, but their positive impact exists as well. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7848087/ /pubmed/33536973 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601150 Text en Copyright © 2021 Mercier, Vinchon, Pichot, Bonetto, Bonnardel, Girandola and Lubart. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Mercier, Maxence Vinchon, Florent Pichot, Nicolas Bonetto, Eric Bonnardel, Nathalie Girandola, Fabien Lubart, Todd COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title | COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title_full | COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title_fullStr | COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title_short | COVID-19: A Boon or a Bane for Creativity? |
title_sort | covid-19: a boon or a bane for creativity? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7848087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536973 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601150 |
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