A Comparative Study of Adult Playfulness, Humor Styles and Subjective Happiness Among Hong Kong and Guangzhou University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1435-1442
Author(s):  
Yue Xiaodong ◽  
Liang Chunle ◽  
Miao Junnan ◽  
Zhang Yakun ◽  
Yuan Zhenzhen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Adult Playfulness

Adult Playfulness, Humor Styles, and Subjective Happiness

2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 630-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao D. Yue ◽  
Chun-Lok Leung ◽  
Neelam A. Hiranandani
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Subjective Happiness Scale ◽  
Adult Playfulness ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Playfulness has been referred to as a disposition that involves reframing a situation to amuse others and to make the situation more stimulating and enjoyable. It may serve to shift one’s perspective when dealing with environmental threats. Despite all the benefits of playfulness towards psychological well-being, it remains a largely understudied subject in psychology, particularly in Chinese societies. Hence, this study examined the association between adult playfulness, humor styles, and subjective happiness among a sample of 166 university students in Hong Kong and 159 students in Guangzhou, who completed a self-administered questionnaire, including the Short Measure for Adult Playfulness, the Chinese Humor Styles Questionnaire, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Results showed that adult playfulness was positively correlated with affiliative humor, self-enhancing humor, and subjective happiness in both Hong Kong and Guangzhou samples. By its implication, highly playful Chinese students preferred using affiliative and self-enhancing humor to amuse themselves and others.

Humor styles, optimism, and their relationships with distress among undergraduates in three Chinese cities

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chau-Kiu Cheung ◽  
Xiao Dong Yue
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Positive Effects

AbstractThe supposed benefit of humor for the relief of distress has not been demonstrated with certainty amongst Chinese people. In particular, an empirical study of this benefit is necessary in order to clarify the differential effects of different styles of humor, after controlling for optimism. With this aim, the present study investigates the effects based on data from 493 university students in three Chinese cities, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau. Results reveal some negative and positive effects of different humor styles on distress, independently of effects due to optimism. These effects did not vary among the three cities. Nevertheless, some limitations of the effects of humor are notable.

Humor Styles, Self-Esteem, and Subjective Happiness

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 517-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Yue ◽  
Katy Wing-Yin Liu ◽  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Neelam Arjan Hiranandani
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Subjective Happiness Scale ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
The Relationship

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.

Selection of favourite idols and models among Chinese young people: A comparative study in Hong Kong and Nanjing

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Yue ◽  
Chau-kiu Cheung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
Model Selection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Model Learning ◽  
Selection Of

This paper examines the conceptual differences between an idol and a model among a sample of young people in China. A questionnaire was specifically designed to measure young people’s criteria for idol worship and model learning using three pairs of contrasting constructs: idealism versus realism, romanticism versus rationalism, absolutism versus relativism. The questionnaire also asks each respondent to nominate up to three favourite idols and models in life. Atotal of 826 high school students and university students in Hong Kong and Nanjing completed the questionnaire. The results provide convergent support for the hypothesised conceptual differences between an idol and a model. Idealism, romanticism, and absolutism were more important in idol selection whereas realism, rationalism, and relativism were more important in model selection. Hong Kong young people selected significantly more idealism-romanticism-absolutism oriented celebrities whereas Nanjing young people selected significantly more realism-rationalism-relativism oriented celebrities.

A comparative study of exercise motivations in university students in Norway and England

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rune Hoigaard ◽  
Bjorn Tore Johansen ◽  
Gareth W. Jones ◽  
Derek M. Peters
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study
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