| Title | Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary Across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis |
| Authors | Jiang, Feng Lu, Su Jiang, Tonglin Jia, Heqi |
| Affiliation | Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Dept Org & Human Resources Management, Beijing, Peoples R China De Montfort Univ, Div Psychol, Leicester, Leics, England Peking Univ, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Beijing Key Lab Behav & Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China Univ Int Business & Econ, Dept Human Resource & Org Behav, Beijing, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | SELF-ESTEEM HONG-KONG PERSONALITY-TRAITS MENTAL-HEALTH COPING HUMOR CHINESE QUESTIONNAIRE SENSE SATISFACTION LONELINESS |
| Issue Date | 22-Sep-2020 |
| Publisher | FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY |
| Abstract | An earlier review (Schneider et al.,2018) examined the connection between humor styles and mental health. The present article supplements and extends Schneider et al.'s review by surveying a broader concept, subjective well-being (SWB), and investigating the moderating effects of culture and age. To this end, we collected data from 85 studies, with 27,562 participants of varying ages and cultures. Meta-analysis results indicate that affiliative and self-enhancing humor enhances SWB, whereas aggressive and self-defeating humor damages SWB. Culture and age do not moderate the relation between humor styles and SWB. We discuss implications for better understanding of the relationships among culture, age, humor, and SWB. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/592453 |
| ISSN | 1664-1078 |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213 |
| Indexed | SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 心理与认知科学学院 行为与心理健康北京市重点实验室 |
