Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary Across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis

Jiang, Feng; Lu, Su; Jiang, Tianyun; Jia, Heqi

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213

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“…Subsequently, we performed a second study to assess the associations among those self-efficacy dimensions and wellbeing across genders and different ages. We did not expect gender or age to substantially modify the relationships between self-efficacy beliefs and wellbeing, in accordance with previous findings concerning humor, positive memories and wellbeing ( Jiang et al, 2020 ). However, we cannot rule out that the perceived abilities in the three domains examined may have a slightly different relevance at different stages of life.…”

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Self-efficacy beliefs in managing positive emotions: Associations with positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction across gender and ages

Caprara

Gerbino

Mebane

et al. 2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Two studies were carried out on a Spanish population to explore the extent to which different self-efficacy beliefs in managing positive emotions are associated with common indicators of wellbeing, such as positive and negative affect or life satisfaction. The first study was conducted on 483 participants and attested to the factorial structure of three different self-efficacy beliefs: (a) perceived self-efficacy in expressing positive emotions; (b) perceived self-efficacy in retrieving memories of positive emotional experiences; and (c) perceived self-efficacy in using humor. The second study was carried out on 1,087 individuals between 19 and 80 years of age, and it provided evidence of the factorial invariance of the scales across age and gender. Furthermore, this latter study showed the association of self-efficacy in managing positive affect (SEMPA) with high chronic positive and low negative affect, and with high life satisfaction, controlling for gender and age. In younger participants, stronger associations were found between perceived self-efficacy in using humor and life satisfaction compared to older subjects. These findings may guide the design of interventions aimed at enhancing the potential benefits that could be drawn from the proper management of positive emotions.

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confidence: 91%

Self-efficacy beliefs in managing positive emotions: Associations with positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction across gender and ages

Caprara

Gerbino

Mebane

et al. 2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Such discrepancies could be attributed to cultural differences in humor perception and usage. More specifically, it seems that individuals coming from collectivistic countries diverge from those from individualistic cultures such that they tend to evaluate humor as an undesirable trait and a poor coping strategy (Jiang et al, 2020). Further, the intercorrelations among the humor styles were higher (range: .23–.48).…”

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Big Five Traits Based Profiles and Humor Styles in Preadolescents

Kokkinos

Voulgaridou

Michaelides

2023

Journal of Individual Differences

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Abstract. The present study investigated the relationship between Big Five traits-based profiles and humor styles in a sample of 426 Greek preadolescents. Latent Profile Analysis yielded three distinct personality profiles: resilients, average, and undercontrollers. These profiles exhibited significant group differences in humor styles. The resilient profile displayed the highest scores on the two benign humor styles and the lowest on the two malign styles. On the contrary, the under controllers scored lowest on the two benign humor styles and highest on self-defeating humor. Findings showed that the patterns identified in the extant literature between humor, personality, and adjustment generalize to preadolescents. These are discussed with reference to prior work and relevant theoretical implications.

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“…They also revealed that self-defeating humor had the opposite pattern of relationships with wellbeing, and that aggressive humor style seems to be unrelated to these psychological outcomes. Recent meta-analytic extensions of these findings mostly align with these relationships considering various indices of mental health and subjective wellbeing as well as potential sociodemographic and cultural moderating effects (Jiang et al, 2020 ; Schneider et al, 2018 ). However, there are mixed results about the benefits of laughing at oneself in certain contexts, which suggests a potential positive side of self-defeating humor (e.g., Heintz & Ruch, 2018 1 ).…”

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Humor Styles, Perceived Threat, Funniness of COVID-19 Memes, and Affective Mood in the Early Stages of COVID-19 Lockdown

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Existing psychological research has long considered humor as a useful strategy for individuals in coping with adverse circumstances and life stressors. However, empirical studies are called for to better understand the role of humor in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. In a community sample of 527 Spanish adults, we investigated the associations between humor styles, perceived threat from COVID-19, funniness of COVID-19 memes, and individuals’ affective mood. Data were collected during the third week of lockdown in Spain (from 26 to 31 March 2020). Our results suggest that intrapsychic humor styles were associated with better coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Structural equation modelling showed that self-enhancing and aggressive humor styles were related to perceiving COVID-19 as less psychologically threatening, which, in turn, was associated with a greater perceived funniness of COVID-19 memes, thus predicting higher levels of happiness. Interestingly, the opposite pattern of connections was found for self-defeating humor. These findings suggest that humor styles aimed at boosting one’s own self, irrespective of their potentially lighter or darker nature, may contribute to alleviating adverse psychological consequences arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary Across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 46 publications

References 68 publications

Self-efficacy beliefs in managing positive emotions: Associations with positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction across gender and ages

Self-efficacy beliefs in managing positive emotions: Associations with positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction across gender and ages

Big Five Traits Based Profiles and Humor Styles in Preadolescents

Humor Styles, Perceived Threat, Funniness of COVID-19 Memes, and Affective Mood in the Early Stages of COVID-19 Lockdown

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