Sense of humor, emotional intelligence, and social competence

By Jeremy A. Yip, Rod A. Martin. 2006

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Exploring the mediation effect of social support and self-esteem on the relationship between humor style and life satisfaction in Chinese college students (2014, background): “Some theorists have asserted the use of humor to be positively associated with high social competence (e.g., Fitts, Sebby, & Zlokovich, 2009; Yip & Martin, 2006), to be a useful skill in the development of relationships and the effective promotion of successful social interactions (Martin et al.,…”
How Other-Oriented Perfectionism Differs from Self-Oriented and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism: Further Findings (2015, background): “in numerous studies (e.g., Veselka et al. 2010; Yip and Martin 2006).”
Humor Types Show Different Patterns of Self-Regulation, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being (2013, background): “However, much research has been conducted concerning the associations between components of humor and psychological well-being (e.g., Kuiper et al. 2004; Lefcourt and Thomas 1998; Marziali et al. 2008; Olson et al. 2005; Thorson and Powell 1993; Yip and Martin 2006).”
The Wheel Model of humor: Humor events and affect in organizations (2012, background): “Some evidence for this comes from Yip and Martin (2006), who found that EI was positively related to the use of positive forms of humor such as selfenhancing humor, and negatively related to the use of negative forms such as aggressive humor.”