scholarly journals The relationship between humor styles and forgiveness

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Hampes
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
The Relationship

Research has shown that a factor in a victim’s forgiveness of an offender is the victim’s ability to make more positive, or at least less negative, attributions of the offender’s behavior and that perspective-taking can be a factor in facilitating that process. Self-enhancing humor has been found to be positively correlated with perspective-taking empathy and aggressive humor found to be negatively correlated with perspective-taking empathy. Therefore it was predicted that self-enhancing humor would be positively correlated with forgiveness and aggressive humor negatively correlated with forgiveness. The Humor Styles Questionnaire, the Absence of Negative and Presence of Positive subscales of the Forgiveness Scale, and the Forgiveness Likelihood Scale were administered to 112 college undergraduates. Self-enhancing humor was significantly and positively correlated with all of the forgiveness measures, aggressive humor and self-defeating humor were significantly and negatively correlated with some of the forgiveness measures and affiliative humor was not significantly correlated with any of the forgiveness measures. The results were interpreted in terms of previous findings for humor styles, perspective-taking empathy, depression, self-esteem and anxiety. Future research involving the extent to which other personality variables, such as perspective-taking empathy, mediate the relationship between self-enhancing humor and forgiveness was suggested.

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.

Maladaptive Humor Styles as Mediators of the Relationship Between Attachment Insecurity and Emotion Regulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
George William Poncy
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Paternal Care ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractAlthough theory and research evidence indicate that less securely attached persons are more likely than their secure peers to experience emotion regulation difficulties, this is not necessarily a pre-ordained outcome. Emotion regulation difficulties may be more proximally predicted by individuals’ maladaptive psychological defenses such as humor styles. This study explored the interrelationships between adult attachment orientations (attachment anxiety and avoidance) and perceived bonds with parents (perceived levels of parental care and control), emotion regulation (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), and maladaptive humor styles (aggressive and self-defeating humor). Attachment anxiety, avoidance, and maternal care and overprotection were associated in expected directions with aggressive and self-defeating humor, but paternal care and overprotection were not. Additionally, aggressive and self-defeating humor were positively associated with expressive suppression and negatively associated with cognitive reappraisal. Self-defeating humor partially mediated the relationship between a number of attachment predictors (attachment anxiety, avoidance, maternal care, and maternal control) and expressive suppression. For example, attachment anxiety predicted higher use of self-defeating humor, which in turn predicted higher levels of expressive suppression. Finally, aggressive humor partially mediated the relationship between avoidance and cognitive reappraisal. Avoidance predicted higher use of aggressive humor, which in turn predicted lower levels of reappraisal. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

Insecure attachment is associated with paranoia but not hallucinations in psychotic patients: the mediating role of negative self-esteem

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wickham ◽  
K. Sitko ◽  
R. P. Bentall
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Attachment Representations ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundA growing body of research has investigated associations between insecure attachment styles and psychosis. However, despite good theoretical and epidemiological reasons for hypothesising that insecure attachment may be specifically implicated in paranoid delusions, few studies have considered the role it plays in specific symptoms.MethodWe examined the relationship between attachment style, paranoid beliefs and hallucinatory experiences in a sample of 176 people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and 113 healthy controls. We also investigated the possible role of negative self-esteem in mediating this association.ResultsInsecure attachment predicted paranoia but not hallucinations after co-morbidity between the symptoms was controlled for. Negative self-esteem partially mediated the association between attachment anxiety and clinical paranoia, and fully mediated the relationship between attachment avoidance and clinical paranoia.ConclusionsIt may be fruitful to explore attachment representations in psychological treatments for paranoid patients. If future research confirms the importance of disrupted attachment as a risk factor for persecutory delusions, consideration might be given to how to protect vulnerable young people, for example those raised in children's homes.

The Impact of Parental Depression on Children’s Smartphone Addiction: A Serial Mediation Model With Parental Neglect and Children’s Self-Esteem

2021 ◽  
pp. 089443932110375
Author(s):  
Il Bong Mun ◽  
Seyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Parental Depression ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Parental Neglect ◽  
Serial Mediation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigates the mechanisms underlying the relationship between parental depression and children’s smartphone addiction. It explores the effects of parental depression on children’s smartphone addiction, as well as the mediating roles of parental neglect and children’s self-esteem in this relationship, which multiplies sequentially. We utilize data—comprising 2,396 children and their parents—from the National General Survey on Korean Children, using parent–child dyads. First, a hierarchical regression analysis shows that parental depression significantly and positively predicts children’s smartphone addiction ( B = .29, SE = .03, p < .001). Second, Hayes’s PROCESS macro (Model 6), executed to test the mediation effects, reveals that the effect of parental depression on children’s smartphone addiction is significantly mediated by parental neglect ( B = .07, Boot SE = .01, 95% Boot CI [.05, .10]) and children’s self-esteem ( B = .12, Boot SE = .01, 95% Boot CI [.10, .14]). Moreover, the serial mediation model’s results support that parental neglect and children’s self-esteem serially mediate the relationship between parental depression and children’s smartphone addiction ( B = .02, Boot SE = .004, 95% Boot CI [.01, .03]), implying that a higher level of parental depression is sequentially associated with increased parental neglect that reduces children’s self-esteem and consequently accelerates their smartphone dependence. The theoretical and practical implications of the results as well as the directions for future research are discussed.

Gratitude and Suicidal Ideation in Undergraduates in Taiwan: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Meaning in Life

2019 ◽  
pp. 003022281988284
Author(s):  
Chih-Che Lin
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Multigroup Analysis ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined both the mediation effects of self-esteem and meaning in life for the relationship between gratitude and suicidal ideation in late adolescence. A total of 276 Taiwanese university students completed measures of gratitude, self-esteem, meaning in life, and suicidal ideation. Path analyses indicated that self-esteem and meaning in life acted as full mediators of the association between gratitude and suicidal ideation. The identified model also revealed a significant path from gratitude through self-esteem and meaning in life to suicidal ideation. A multigroup analysis found that the paths did not differ by genders. Implications for future research and limitations of the present findings are discussed.

Sexual Victimization: Is There a Vicious Cycle?1

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina A. Mandoki ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Situational Variables ◽  
Child Victimization ◽  
The Relationship

A review of the literature on sexual abuse suggests that many women are repeatedly victimized. To examine the relationship between child and adult sexual victimization, 282 female undergraduates completed questionnaires describing child and adult incidents of sexual abuse. Personality measures (e.g., assertiveness, dependency, self-esteem, and attributional style) and situational variables (family background, and dating and sexual history) were measured to assess their relationship to victimization. Child victimization did not directly predict adult victimization; however, the number of both child and adult victimizations was related to the number of adult consensual sexual partners. A pattern of repeated adult victimization was identified for a group of victims of adult sexual abuse; however, such multiple victimization was not associated with any of the predicted personality variables. Further investigation of women who have been victimized as children and as adults and of adults who present with repeated victimization was identified as a necessary area for further research.

scholarly journals Influence of Perceived Quality and Self-Esteem on Women’s Purchase Intention: Luxury Makeup Brands

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Rohanna Rajan ◽  
Shahira Shahina Mobil ◽  
Jati Kasuma ◽  
Mohd Amirul Adenan ◽  
Norazimah Mejri
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Status ◽  
Luxury Brands ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Exclusive Group ◽  
The Relationship

Luxury brands have often been associated with the core competences of creativity, exclusivity, craftsmanship, precision, high quality, innovation and premium pricing. These product attributes give consumers the satisfaction of not only owning expensive items but the extra-added psychological benefits like esteem, prestige and a sense of a high status that reminds them and others that they belong to an exclusive group of only a select few, who can afford these premium items. Thus, this research aims to investigate the relationship between and influence of Perceived Quality and Self Esteem on luxury branded makeup purchase. Data from 141 questionnaires were completed by women living in Kuala Lumpur. The findings of the study showed that perceived quality and self-esteem have significant effects on consumers’ intention towards buying luxury branded makeup. Implication and areas for future research are further discussed.

scholarly journals HUMOR AND VIOLATION OF SOCIAL NORMS IN STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
T.V. Artemyeva ◽  
Ya.G. Garanina
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Relationship

In researches of Russian and foreign scientists it is noted that humor as a cultural phenomenon is capable to symbolically break social norms without consequences and restrictions, to raise and discuss a wide spectrum of social problems without fear of punishment for it. By regulating the relationship between people, humor helps to relieve tension and enjoy the game, operating with opposite meanings, breaking stereotypes. The study attempted to explore the relationship between different styles of humor and the tendency of students to break social norms and rules. The study was attended by 309 students: 249 girls, 60 boys. Differences in the use of different humor styles by students as well as their propensity to deviate were identified. Affiliated and self-sustaining humor is used by students who do not show any desire to deny social norms and values, patterns of behavior. The desire to violate norms, to come into conflict with generally accepted norms of behavior arises among students who prefer aggressive humor. Girls with a tendency to ignore and violate norms and rules have a tendency to use self-deprecating humor and to seek other people's favour to the detriment of themselves.

scholarly journals Relationship between the use of humor and life satisfaction in Secondary School students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-97
Author(s):  
Carlos Salavera ◽  
Pablo Usán
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
School Students ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
The Relationship

Secondary school students (N=1304) and 12-17 years old, were evaluated and mood styles and their satisfaction with life were analyzed. The results show a moderately satisfied with their lives teenagers and humor styles are used in this order: affiliative, self-improvement, aggressive and self-destructive. The life satisfaction correlated with positive styles of humor (affiliative and self-improvement) and inversely with the use of aggressive humor. Just a 25.85% of adolescents in the sample, make good use of humor (greater use of positive and less negative styles) and good levels of satisfaction with life. In addition, although men make more use of humor, both positive and negative, being a woman increases life satisfaction by 0.85 points from being male, being gender variable greater weight in predicting the score life satisfaction, self-improvement followed humor, aggressive humor and affiliative humor. In conclusion, stating that the research data provide a profile of moderately satisfied with his life teenagers, with greater use of the styles of positive humor, as well as evidence of the relationship between the use of humor and life satisfaction.

Cognitive Impulsivity and Role-Taking Skills in Elementary School Children

1975 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Glenwick ◽  
Aden A. Burka
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Private Speech ◽  
Role Taking ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Cognitive Impulsivity ◽  
Matching Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Accurate Matching ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test

The relationship between cognitive impulsivity and perspective-taking ability was examined in 53 fourth-graders. Significant correlations were found between boys' (but not girls') perspective-taking skills (assessed by Chandler's test of egocentrism) and both dimensions of impulsivity, i.e., accuracy and latency, on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. Self-regulatory private speech is postulated as a possible construct mediating the development of role-taking skill, accurate matching performance, and a reflective tempo. Implications of the present results for programs attempting to modify cognitive style and future investigations of the development of other cognitive and personality variables are discussed.

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