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Personality, humor styles and happiness: Happy people have positive humor styles

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Ford, Thomas E.
Lappi, Shaun K.
Holden, Christopher J.

Abstract / Description

The present study examined the relationships between four personality traits, humor styles, and happiness. Replicating previous research, happiness was positively correlated with four personality traits: extraversion, locus of control, self-esteem, and optimism. Further, happiness positively related to self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles; it related negatively to self-defeating and aggressive humor styles. Thus, happy people habitually engage in positive uses of humor and avoid engaging in negative uses of humor in daily life. We also found support for our hypothesis. People high in extraversion, locus of control, self-esteem, and optimism are happier because they engage in positive humor in daily life.

Keyword(s)

happiness subjective well-being personality humor styles

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Date of first publication

2016-08-19

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

12

Issue

3

Page numbers

320–337

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Ford, T. E., Lappi, S. K., & Holden, C. J. (2016). Personality, humor styles and happiness: Happy people have positive humor styles. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 320–337. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1160
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ford, Thomas E.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lappi, Shaun K.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Holden, Christopher J.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:46Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:46Z
  • Date of first publication
    2016-08-19
  • Abstract / Description
    The present study examined the relationships between four personality traits, humor styles, and happiness. Replicating previous research, happiness was positively correlated with four personality traits: extraversion, locus of control, self-esteem, and optimism. Further, happiness positively related to self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles; it related negatively to self-defeating and aggressive humor styles. Thus, happy people habitually engage in positive uses of humor and avoid engaging in negative uses of humor in daily life. We also found support for our hypothesis. People high in extraversion, locus of control, self-esteem, and optimism are happier because they engage in positive humor in daily life.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Ford, T. E., Lappi, S. K., & Holden, C. J. (2016). Personality, humor styles and happiness: Happy people have positive humor styles. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 320–337. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1160
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1017
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1209
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1160
  • Keyword(s)
    happiness
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  • Keyword(s)
    subjective well-being
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  • Keyword(s)
    personality
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  • Keyword(s)
    humor styles
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Personality, humor styles and happiness: Happy people have positive humor styles
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    320–337
  • Volume
    12
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