“A joke a day keeps the doctor away?” Meta‐analytical evidence of differential associations of habitual humor styles with mental health

M Schneider, M Voracek… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Humor and mental health are interconnected as is evidenced by a large number of studies.
However, associations are only small and inconsistent as the operationalization of humor …

Why are humor styles associated with well-being, and does social competence matter? Examining relations to psychological and physical well-being, reappraisal, and …

HL Fritz - Personality and individual differences, 2020 - Elsevier
Two studies examined relations of humor styles with well-being, social support, cognitive
reappraisal, and social competence. In Study 1 (N= 108), self-enhancing and affiliative …

Humor styles across 28 countries

JA Schermer, R Rogoza, MM Kwiatkowska… - Current …, 2019 - Springer
Responses to a measure of the four humor styles of affiliative, aggressive, self-enhancing,
and self-defeating from the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al. Journal of …

Humor and anxiety: The relationship between the comic styles, worry and general well-being

A Dionigi, M Duradoni, L Vagnoli - Personality and Individual Differences, 2021 - Elsevier
Little research was conducted to understand how comic styles relate to anxiety and well-
being. To fill this gap, the present study tested the relationship between eight comic styles …

Change in humor and sarcasm use based on anxiety and depression symptom severity during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Rothermich, A Ogunlana, N Jaworska - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Humor and sarcasm may be used as potential coping strategies during
challenging times, and to improve wellbeing. We investigated changes in humor and …

[HTML][HTML] No laughing matter: How humor styles relate to feelings of loneliness and not mattering

KB MacDonald, A Kumar, JA Schermer - Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Loneliness and feeling that one does not matter are closely linked, but further investigation
is needed to determine differentiating features. The relationship between not mattering to …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of humor expression on suicidal ideation among adolescents: mediating effects of depressive emotion and positive emotion

CY Lee, YC Chiang, A Li, X Li, YT Wu, YJ Lin, Y Zhao… - BMC psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Background The occurrence and degree of suicidal ideation during the past month in
adolescents should be regarded seriously. Several studies have noted that humor …

[HTML][HTML] The use of bright and dark types of humour is rooted in the brain

I Papousek, W Ruch, C Rominger, E Kindermann… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The ways in which humour can be used are related to the manifold interpersonal functions
humour can serve, some of which are positive, and some negative. In the present study …

Lonely people tend to make fun of themselves: A behavior genetic analysis of humor styles and loneliness

JA Schermer, RA Martin, PA Vernon, NG Martin… - Personality and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study examined the phenotypic, genetic, and environmental correlations
between four humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating) and …

Humor styles moderate the relationship between rumination and mental health in community residents

SP Chuang, JYW Wu, CS Wang - Sage Open, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study investigated how humor styles moderate the associations between
rumination and mental health (depressive symptoms, satisfaction with life, and positive …