Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings.

By Rod A. Martin. Psychological bulletin, 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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Coping with Stress: Social Work Students and Humour (2006, background): “Another qualification that needs to be made is the fact that certain enthusiastic claims for humour, such as its relationship to longevity, recovery from illness or production of endorphins, do not withstand close analysis (Martin, 2001).”
Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (2003, background): “…generally weak findings to date may be that current self-report humor measures generally do not explicitly distinguish between potentially adaptive functions of humor and uses of humor that may be less conducive and possibly even detrimental to well-being (Kuiper & Martin, 1998; Martin, 2001).”
A meta‐analysis of positive humor in the workplace (2012, background): “The effects of humor on such personal outcomes has been explained in terms of more effective biological responses as well as due to enhanced quality of social support networks (Martin, 2001).”
Contact With Nature, Sense of Humor, and Psychological Well-Being (2008, background): “Yet ever since Cousins (1979) popularized the potential role of humor in dealing with physical illness, a constant theme in the literature on the psychology of humor has been the role of humor in enhancing both physical and psychological well-being (see Martin, 2001, for a review).”
Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Humor, Laughter, and Physical Health (2002, background): “The main findings of these studies are briefly summarized in this section (for a more detailed review, see Martin, 2001).”
IS HUMOR AN APPRECIATED TEACHING TOOL? PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSORS' TEACHING STYLES AND USE OF HUMOR (2004, background): “In general, however, we admit to being at least leery of a professor using any type of hostile humor (see Martin 2001; Saroglou and Scariot 2002).”
Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare. (2007, background): “Although the scientific evidence for this claim is inconclusive [224], humor is being increasingly used as a mean of reducing stress and making patients feel better [225].”
Humour styles, personality, and well‐being among Lebanese university students (2004, background): “These findings provide further support to the notion that some forms of humour may be more conducive to health and well-being than others, and underline the importance of distinguishing these different styles of humour in research on humour and well-being (Martin, 2001).”
The First Joke: Exploring the Evolutionary Origins of Humor (2006, background): “Outside the social domain, humor may have modest physiological benefits such as boosting immunity (Bennet, Zeller, Rosenburg, and McCann, 2003, Martin, 2001).”
Conservative Shift Among High-Exposure Survivors of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2006, background): “…general, the use of humor appears to serve as an adaptive coping mechanism that fosters self-regulation, promotes social support, and enhances resilience to adversity (Bonanno, 2004; Bonanno & Kaltman, 1999; Fredrickson, Tugade, Waugh, & Larkin, 2003; Keltner & Bonanno, 1997; but see Martin, 2001).”
Humor Types Show Different Patterns of Self-Regulation, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being (2013, background): “Empirical evidence on links between physical health, humor, and laughter is ‘‘weak and inconclusive’’ (Martin 2001) and some components of humor even seem detrimental for physical health (Kerkkanen et al. 2004).”