scholarly journals The Influence of Negative Personality Factors on Choice of Humor: A Study on Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddoju Aishwarya
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Shed Light

The present study explored the correlations between the four humor styles and the Dark Triad traits of personality. Participants were 202 undergraduates from India who finished the humor Styles Questionnaire, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, and the MACHIV. Results intimated that member who scored higher on sub-clinical psychopathy and Machiavellianism exhibited a more inclination to utilise negative humor styles (self-defeating and aggressive). whereas, individuals who got higher scores on narcissism were progressively inclined to have a preference toward affiliative humor or style and self-enhancing humor style and they negatively correlated with negative humor styles. The study was conducted to help understand the personality traits of individuals with various genre of humor and help to explain the nature of the Dark Triad traits of personality. It said to shed light on the interpersonal styles employed by people who exhibit these attributes.

Narcissism and Causal Attribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen R. Ladd ◽  
M. Cay Welsh ◽  
William F. Vitulli ◽  
Elise E. Labbé ◽  
Joseph G. Law
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between scores on narcissistic personality traits and causal attributions to positive and negative events. 119 undergraduate students in psychology as participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, and several Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes. Analyses indicated that men who scored higher on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40 made more internal and stable attributions to positive events and more external and unstable attributions to negative events than did men who scored lower on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40. Also scores on the Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes correlated significantly and positively with the Attributional Style Questionnaire, providing evidence for the validity of the vignettes.

HUMOR STYLES IN PREDICTING LONELINESS AMONG TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rezan Çeçen
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
Positive Correlations

The purpose of this investigation was two-fold. Firstly, to examine whether there were significant correlations between loneliness and four humor styles, and secondly to examine which humor style was the best predictor of loneliness among university students. In this study 483 undergraduate students participated at Çukurova University, Turkey. Data were collected through the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980) and the Humor Styles Questionnaire (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, & Weir, 2003). Four Pearson product-moment correlations were computed for the scores on the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and on each of four humor scales. The results provided evidence in support of a conceptual framework of humor styles and loneliness indicating strong negative correlations between loneliness and affiliative and self-enhancing humor, and moderate positive correlations between loneliness and self-defeating humor, but no significant correlations between loneliness and aggressive humor. The stepwise regression analysis results indicated that four variables contributed meaningfully to loneliness, and the affiliative humor style was the best predictor of loneliness.

scholarly journals The Dimensional Structure of the Self Report Psychopathy Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Rizal Abu Bakar ◽  
Wan Nurul Izza Wan Husin
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Secondary Psychopathy ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Components Analysis

Mental health issue is becoming increasingly prevalent in Malaysia. However, the country still lacks valid measures in assessing mental illness which includes psychopathy. The present study investigates the factorial structure of the Self Report Psychopathy Scale (SRPS). Specifically, it examines the feasibility of its use with Malaysian community. The SRPS was administered to a sample of undergraduate students. Result of principal components analysis yielded a four-factor solution. The obtained result was inconsistent with the proposed conceptual framework of this scale which captured only two factors (primary psychopathy and secondary psychopathy factors). The psychometric features of SRPS showed less support on its feasibility as a sound and reliable research instrument to measure students’ psychopathic attributes in the Malaysian context. Other implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals A Study of the Self-Regulated Learning Inventory on a HBCU Student Population in Allied Health

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Goodpasture ◽  
Reinhardt Lindner ◽  
Mathews Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Black College ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Regulated Learning

Increased numbers of minorities in the allied health disciplines are sought for a number of reasons. One approach to increasing minority graduates in allied health sciences is to ensure that minority applicants have the learning behaviors necessary to succeed in the academic setting. In this study, we sought to determine if self-regulated learning, assessed via a self-report inventory, was significantly related to Grade Point Average (GPA) in undergraduate students enrolled in a historically black college or university (HBCU). The Self Regulated Learning Inventory V. 5 (SRLI V.5) was distributed to undergraduate HBCU students enrolled in allied health majors. The inventory was completed by 134 undergraduate students who provided the data for the study. Results indicated that the SRLI was not significantly correlated with academic success (based on student GPA). Further investigation revealed that different methods used in calculating GPA and the inclusion of transfer students likely decreased the statistical power of the association between academic performance and self-regulation.

scholarly journals Saudi Arabia EFL university students’ voice on challenges and solution in learning academic writing

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullah Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Writing Improvement ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Before And After

The present study aims to investigate the difficulties faced by 74 English as a foreign language (EFL) undergraduate students in developing a well-written paragraph in academic writing by designing a writing course based on the students’ voices. The self-report survey (5-point Likert scale) was used as the pre- and post-questionnaire, and pre- and the post-tests task was used to track students’ writing improvement before and after taking a writing course. Pre-questionnaire and pre-tests showed that participants had difficulties in using the mechanics of writing (punctuation, spelling, grammar, topic sentences, and supporting sentences). The majority of the students’ responses in the post-survey shows that they believed their writing improved and encountered fewer difficulties in writing as compared to their views in the pre-questionnaire. The result of the post-tests indicates improvements in students’ writing samples. The study concludes that EFL writing courses should be designed on the basis of challenges faced by the students in order to get the best outcome from the course.

Relationship between Self-Consciousness, Autonomic Perception, and Psychosomatic Disorders

1984 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 769-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio E. Puente
Keyword(s):  
Medical History ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychosomatic Disorders ◽  
Autonomic Perception ◽  
Medical History Questionnaire

The Self-consciousness Scale, Autonomic Perception Questionnaire, and the Medical History Questionnaire were administered to 127 undergraduate students in psychology. Although scores on self-consciousness were not related to those on any other measure, autonomic perception was significantly correlated with a self-report of psychosomatic disorders.

Associations of Social Personality Factors with Personal Habits

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1315-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Joubert
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Interest ◽  
Psychological Reactance ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Nail Biting ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

125 university students indicated how frequently they performed 15 different personal habits that ordinarily are socially disapproved, e.g., nail-biting, nose-picking. They also responded to the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Social Desirability Scale, the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale, and the Social Interest Scale. The sexes differed in the frequencies with which they performed 6 of the 15 habits: men were more likely to pick their noses, to spit, to pick at scabs, or to repeat another's speech; while women were more apt to giggle or to pull hair. Persons who scored higher in Social Desirability tended to report less frequent performance of 12 of the 15 habits, while people who scored higher on Psychological Reactance tended to report more frequent performance of 8 of the 15 habits. A total habits score resulting from the sums of the frequency ratings of each of the 15 habits correlated positively with Psychological Reactance and negatively with Social Desirability. Scores on Narcissism and Social Interest did not significantly correlate with most habits. These results suggest that the approval motive and the disposition to resist limitation on one's freedoms may be factors affecting the rates of many of these personal habits.

scholarly journals Seven decades after Hans Asperger's observations: A comprehensive study of humor in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea C. Samson ◽  
Oswald Huber ◽  
Willibald Ruch
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Processing Style ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Humor Appreciation ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Comprehensive Study

AbstractThe aim of the present study was to better understand humor in individuals with Asperger's syndrome. Therefore, various humor and laughter related phenomena were investigated by means of various standardized humor instruments. Forty individuals with AS and 113 controls filled out several self-report questionnaires and tests. The results revealed that individuals with AS scored significantly lower on trait cheerfulness and higher on trait seriousness (both describing the susceptibility to humor). Furthermore, they scored low on scales related to social communication (affiliative humor, humor entertainment) and portrayed a more socially cold humor style. In addition, individuals with AS scored low on mean-spirited humor, and used less adaptive (self-enhancing) and more maladaptive humor styles (self-defeating humor). Finally, they preferred incongruity-resolution humor, representing a more reality-oriented processing style. These findings add to previous studies on humor and expand the knowledge of components associated with successful humor appreciation.

A Pilot Study of the Relation between Humor Styles and the Past-Positive and Past-Negative Time Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 345-351
Author(s):  
William Hampes
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
The Self ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Primary Caretakers ◽  
Retrospective Nature ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Negative Time

Those who use self-enhancing and affiliative humor styles tend to recall positive experiences with their parents and primary caretakers, whereas those who use the self-defeating humor style tend to recall negative experiences with them. Considering the importance of experiences with parents and primary caretakers for life satisfaction and happiness, it was hypothesized that the affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles would be positively correlated with past-positive experiences and negatively correlated with past-negative experiences, and that the self-defeating humor style would be positively correlated with past-negative experiences and negatively correlated with past-positive experiences. The Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Past-Positive and Past-Negative subscales of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory were administered to 114 undergraduates. The hypotheses were partially supported despite the retrospective nature of the Past-Positive and Past-Negative Subscales and the correlational nature of the study, indicating further research is needed.

scholarly journals The dark side of humor: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and humor styles

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Gillian A. McCabe ◽  
Jennifer K. Vrabel
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
Pathological Personality Traits

Basic personality traits (e.g., extraversion) have been found to be associated with the humor styles that individuals employ. In the present study, we were interested in determining whether pathological personality traits were also associated with humor styles. We examined the associations between the pathological personality traits captured by the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) and humor styles in a sample of college students (N = 594). Negative affectivity and detachment were negatively associated with the affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles. Antagonism was positively associated with the aggressive humor style but negatively associated with the affiliative humor style. Disinhibition was positively associated with the aggressive humor style, whereas disinhibition and psychoticism were both positively associated with the self-defeating humor style. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings and how they can expand our understanding of the connections between the darker aspects of personality and humor.

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