title: Humor styles and personality: A meta-analysis of the relation between humor styles and the Big Five personality traits.
abstract: This research summarizes the knowledge generated in social psychology and positive psychology about the relationship between humor styles, personality and wellbeing. Specifically, a meta-analysis was performed with the results of 15 studies on humor styles measured by the Humor Styles Questionnaire (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray & Weir, 2003) in correlation with the personality traits measured by the Big Five Personality model (measured with different scales). Following the steps presented by Rosenthal (1991) for meta-analysis in the case of correlational research, we calculated the total mean r as an indicator of effect size. Results show that affiliative humor has a strong and homogeneous relation to neuroticism and extraversion. The homogeneity and heterogeneity found between variables and possible explanations are discussed in the conclusion.
authors: Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile; Faculty of Administration and Economy, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors: Andrés
authors: A
authors: Mendiburo-Seguel
authors: Darío
authors: D
authors: Páez
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Martínez-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic
keywords: Big Five; Humor; humor styles; personality