title: Humor and health in early adolescents: perceived field motion as a mediating variable.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test a mediational model, developed within the science of unitary human beings, by examining the relationship between humor and eudaimonistic health conception in early adolescents and by examining the extent to which perceived field motion mediated this relationship. The sample consisted of 136 adolescents, aged 12 to 14, who responded to instruments measuring humor, perceived field motion, and eudaimonistic health conception in classroom settings. Correlational analysis supported the three hypothesized relationships. Regression analyses indicated that perceived field motion was one mediator of the relationship between humor and eudaimonistic health conception.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
authors.forename: Adela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yarcheski
authors.forename: Noreen E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yarcheski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009038:Motion; D017008:Negotiating; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic