Longitudinal associations between humor styles and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Fox, Claire Louise
Hunter, Simon Christopher
Jones, Siân Emily
Abstract / Description
This study assessed the concurrent and prospective associations between psychosocial adjustment and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative, self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive, self-defeating). Participants were 1,234 adolescents (52% female) aged 11-13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self-reports of psychosocial adjustment (loneliness, depressive symptomatology, and self-esteem) and humor styles were collected at two time points (fall and summer). In cross-lagged panel analyses, self-defeating humor was associated with an increase in both depressive symptoms and loneliness, and with a decrease in self-esteem. In addition, depressive symptoms predicted an increase in the use of self-defeating humor over time, indicating that these may represent a problematic spiral of thoughts and behaviors. Self-esteem was associated with an increase in the use of affiliative humor over the school year but not vice-versa. These results inform our understanding of the ways in which humor is associated with psychosocial adjustment in adolescence.
Keyword(s)
humor psychosocial adjustment depression loneliness self-esteem adolescencePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-08-19
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
12
Issue
3
Page numbers
377–389
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Fox, C. L., Hunter, S. C., & Jones, S. E. (2016). Longitudinal associations between humor styles and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 377–389. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1065
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Fox, Claire Louise
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hunter, Simon Christopher
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Jones, Siân Emily
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Date of first publication2016-08-19
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Abstract / DescriptionThis study assessed the concurrent and prospective associations between psychosocial adjustment and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative, self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive, self-defeating). Participants were 1,234 adolescents (52% female) aged 11-13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self-reports of psychosocial adjustment (loneliness, depressive symptomatology, and self-esteem) and humor styles were collected at two time points (fall and summer). In cross-lagged panel analyses, self-defeating humor was associated with an increase in both depressive symptoms and loneliness, and with a decrease in self-esteem. In addition, depressive symptoms predicted an increase in the use of self-defeating humor over time, indicating that these may represent a problematic spiral of thoughts and behaviors. Self-esteem was associated with an increase in the use of affiliative humor over the school year but not vice-versa. These results inform our understanding of the ways in which humor is associated with psychosocial adjustment in adolescence.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationFox, C. L., Hunter, S. C., & Jones, S. E. (2016). Longitudinal associations between humor styles and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 377–389. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1065
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1007
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1199
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1065
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Keyword(s)humoren_US
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Keyword(s)psychosocial adjustmenten_US
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Keyword(s)depressionen_US
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Keyword(s)lonelinessen_US
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Keyword(s)self-esteemen_US
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Keyword(s)adolescenceen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleLongitudinal associations between humor styles and psychosocial adjustment in adolescenceen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers377–389
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Volume12
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