[Relationships between humor expression and self-acceptance, aggression, and altruism].
The structure of humor expression was clarified and its relationships with aggression, altruism, and self-acceptance were examined. In study 1, college students (n = 216) responded to a scale with items about humor expression. An exploratory factor analysis indicated three types of humor expression: aggressive, self-disparaging, and playful humor expression. In study 2, 119 college students responded to items about (a) humor expression, (b) aggression, (c) altruism, and (d) self-acceptance. The results showed positive relationships between aggressive humor expression and aggression, self-disparaging humor expression and self-acceptance, and playful humor expression and altruism.
Tsukawaki
Ryota
R
Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima 739-8524, Japan. tsukawaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Higuchi
Masataka
M
Fukada
Hiromi
H
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000533:Altruism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic; D055815:Young Adult