Cited by 40Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionDeath, Funerary Practices, and MourningCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Reflecting on death amidst COVID-19 and individual creativity: Cross-lagged panel data analysis using four-wave longitudinal data.

Takeuchi, Riki, Guo, Nan, Teschner, Ryan Scott, Kautz, Jason·2021·Journal of Applied Psychology

Abstract

The current COVID-19 pandemic has claimed millions of lives all across the globe, making death more salient to many who may not have been readily cognizant of their mortality. While employees in certain occupations routinely deal with the idea of death or mortality (e.g., hospital workers, firefighters, and police officers), it is uncommon for the average employee to be within an environment that makes them aware of death. However, death awareness has been found to be negatively related to many important outcomes for the organization, including creativity. In the present study, using four-wave longitudinal data collected weekly-during late-June to late-July, 2020, we examine how employees react during the initial peak of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in terms of death anxiety and death reflection (two different reactions to death awareness) and whether or not death anxiety and death reflection are related to creativity. Conducting cross-lagged panel modeling on four-wave longitudinal data obtained from 605 full-time employees, we find that positive outcomes can come from such trying times as death reflection is positively related to creativity. We offer timely, valuable implications for theory and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Authors
Takeuchi, R., Guo, N., Teschner, R. S., & Kautz, J.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Dallas (US)
Venue
Journal of Applied Psychology
Published
2021-08
Volume
106
Issue
8
Pages
1156-1168
ISSN
  • 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1854
OpenAlex
W3195287056
Cited by
39
References
92
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2
FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, death awareness, fear of death, individual creativity, employee creativity, mortality salience
MeSH terms
Data Analysis, COVID-19, Creativity, Death, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Pandemics

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