Locating eight comic styles in basic and broad concepts of humor: Findings from self-reports and behavior tests
dc.contributor.author | Heintz, Sonja | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-07T17:45:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1046-1310 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1936-4733 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15537 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The aim of the present study is to locate eight comic styles in basic and broad concepts of humor, namely the temperamental basis of the sense of humor, humor appreciation, and humor creation. The comic styles represent individual differences in how people display humor, differentiating between fun, (benevolent) humor, nonsense, wit, irony, satire, sarcasm, and cynicism. Two samples of 234 and 223 German-speaking adults completed the Comic Style Markers, the standard self-report measure to assess the eight comic styles, as well as self-reports of cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood (Sample 1) or behavior tests of humor appreciation (funniness and aversiveness of incongruity-resolution, nonsense, and sexual humor) and humor creation quantity and quality (Sample 2). The results showed that the comic styles could be uniquely and meaningfully located in these basic and broad humor concepts. Specifically, the comic styles spanned the affective component of the temperamental basis of the sense of humor, from cheerfulness to bad mood. Furthermore, the findings supported the convergent validity of the nonsense and wit scales of the Comic Style Markers, as they related to behavior tests of the appreciation of nonsense humor and the quantity and quality of humor creation, respectively. This study thus contributes to the growing field of the psychology of humor by extending the nomological network of the comic styles to the general tendency to enjoy and engage in humor and by providing a behavioral validation of the Comic Style Markers. | |
dc.format.extent | 16154-16165 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | |
dc.subject | Comic styles | |
dc.subject | Sense of humor | |
dc.subject | Humor appreciation | |
dc.subject | Humor creation | |
dc.subject | Temperament | |
dc.subject | Individual differences | |
dc.title | Locating eight comic styles in basic and broad concepts of humor: Findings from self-reports and behavior tests | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 19 | |
plymouth.volume | 42 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Current Psychology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12144-019-00179-z | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
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dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-02-04 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 9999-12-31 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1936-4733 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1007/s12144-019-00179-z | |
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