title: Humor styles, self-esteem, and subjective happiness.
abstract: Summary.-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.
authors.affiliation: 1 City University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Xiao Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Katy Wing-Yin
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Neelam Arjan
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hiranandani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult