TY - JOUR
T1 - Humor styles, self-esteem, and subjective happiness
AU - Yue, Xiao Dong
AU - Wing-Yin, Katy Liu
AU - Jiang, Feng
AU - Hiranandani, Neelam Arjan
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - This study examined how humor styles could mediate the effect of self-esteem on subjective happiness. 227 Hong Kong undergraduate students completed the Humor Styles Questionnaire, the Roxsenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Results showed adaptive humor styles (affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor) significantly predicted self-esteem and subjective happiness and mediated the relationship between self-esteem and subjective happiness. Maladaptive humor styles (aggressive humor and self-defeating humor) did not strongly predict self-esteem or subjective happiness. The mediation effects of humor styles found in the present research provided useful suggestions for future studies.
AB - This study examined how humor styles could mediate the effect of self-esteem on subjective happiness. 227 Hong Kong undergraduate students completed the Humor Styles Questionnaire, the Roxsenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Results showed adaptive humor styles (affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor) significantly predicted self-esteem and subjective happiness and mediated the relationship between self-esteem and subjective happiness. Maladaptive humor styles (aggressive humor and self-defeating humor) did not strongly predict self-esteem or subjective happiness. The mediation effects of humor styles found in the present research provided useful suggestions for future studies.
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U2 - 10.2466/07.02.PR0.115c18z6
DO - 10.2466/07.02.PR0.115c18z6
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 25153846
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 115
SP - 517
EP - 525
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
IS - 2
ER -