Affective Style, Humor Styles and Happiness
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Ford, Thomas E.
McCreight, Katelyn A.
Richardson, Kyle
Abstract / Description
The present study examined the relationships between dispositional approach and avoidance motives, humor styles, and happiness. In keeping with previous research, approach motives and the two positive humor styles (self-enhancing and affiliative) positively correlated with happiness, whereas avoidance motives and the two negative humor styles (self-defeating and aggressive) negatively correlated with happiness. Also, we found support for three new hypotheses. First, approach motives correlated positively with self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles. Second, avoidance motives correlated positively with self-defeating humor style, and third, the positive relationship between approach motives and happiness was mediated by self-enhancing humor style.
Keyword(s)
affective style humor styles happiness BIS/BAS well-beingPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-08-13
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
10
Issue
3
Page numbers
451–463
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Ford, T. E., McCreight, K. A., & Richardson, K. (2014). Affective Style, Humor Styles and Happiness. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(3), 451–463. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i3.766
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ford, Thomas E.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCreight, Katelyn A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Richardson, Kyle
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Date of first publication2014-08-13
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Abstract / DescriptionThe present study examined the relationships between dispositional approach and avoidance motives, humor styles, and happiness. In keeping with previous research, approach motives and the two positive humor styles (self-enhancing and affiliative) positively correlated with happiness, whereas avoidance motives and the two negative humor styles (self-defeating and aggressive) negatively correlated with happiness. Also, we found support for three new hypotheses. First, approach motives correlated positively with self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles. Second, avoidance motives correlated positively with self-defeating humor style, and third, the positive relationship between approach motives and happiness was mediated by self-enhancing humor style.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationFord, T. E., McCreight, K. A., & Richardson, K. (2014). Affective Style, Humor Styles and Happiness. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(3), 451–463. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i3.766
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/910
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1102
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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.v10i3.766
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Keyword(s)affective styleen_US
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Keyword(s)humor stylesen_US
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Keyword(s)happinessen_US
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Keyword(s)BIS/BASen_US
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Keyword(s)well-beingen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAffective Style, Humor Styles and Happinessen_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 numbers451–463
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Volume10
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