Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire

By Rod A. Martin, Patricia Puhlik-Doris, Gwen Larsen, Jean Gray, K. Weir. 2003

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Dissing Oneself versus Dissing Rivals: Effects of Status, Personality, and Sex on the Short-Term and Long-Term Attractiveness of Self-Deprecating and Other-Deprecating Humor (2008, methodology): “These data are consistent with previous studies showing that women score higher than men on openness and neuroticism, while men score higher than women on use of otherdeprecating humor ( Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, and Weir, 2003 ).”
Attachment styles, conflict styles and humour styles: interrelationships and associations with relationship satisfaction (2008, background): “Humour styles questionnaire (HSQ) The HSQ (Martin et al., 2003) measures individual differences in humour uses on two dimensions (self-other, and supportive-demeaning) leading to four separate styles of humour use.”
Individual differences in personal humor styles: Identification of prominent patterns and their associates (2010, methodology): “This study concerns the humor use component of sense of humor, the specific aim being to identify and clarify the nature of distinct clusters of people classified by reference to their profiles on the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, & Weir, 2003).”
A meta‐analysis of positive humor in the workplace (2012, background): “…potential to buffer the deleterious effects of workplace stress through its use as a coping mechanism (helping promote relaxation, tension reduction, and dealing with disappointments; Lippitt, 1982), and its ability to lubricate social interactions in stressful circumstances (Martin et al. , 2003).”
Promoting emotional well-being through the use of humour (2011, methodology): “A number of humour measures including McGhee's (1996) Sense of Humour Scale (SHS), Martin's ( 1996 ) Coping Humour Scale (CHS), Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, and Weir's ( 2003 ) Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) were administered to participants, but this information is not included or analyse”
Self-esteem and humor style as mediators of the effects of shyness on loneliness among Chinese college students (2012, methodology): “…and loneliness, it remains unclear whether self-esteem and humor style – given their significant correlation (Kuiper, Grimshaw, Leite, & Kirsh, 2004; Martin et al., 2003; Stieger, Formann, & Burger, 2011; Zeigler-Hill & Besser, 2011) – are really differentially and specifically associated with…”
The role of humor usage on creativity, trust and performance in business relationships: An analysis of the salesperson-customer dyad (2017, methodology): “When correctly used, humor may be perceived as a demonstration of a salesperson's capacity to adapt to a new context (Martin et al., 2003) and to be effective in building social relationships (Cooper, 2005; LehmannWillenbrock & Allen, 2014), which may also reflect his or her concern for customers.”
Sense of Humor, Stable Affect, and Psychological Well-Being (2014, methodology): “This would be consistent with the other relationships found with a self-defeating humor style; higher depression, lower self-esteem, greater hostility (Martin et al., 2003).”
Differences between American, Egyptian and Lebanese Humor Styles (2006, methodology): “Martin et al. (2003) found that self-enhancing humor is positively related to self-esteem and favorable emotions, while negatively related to neuroticism.”
Exploring the mediation effect of social support and self-esteem on the relationship between humor style and life satisfaction in Chinese college students (2014, methodology): “…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., 2003), and thus to enhance both quality of relationships and the availability of social support, which in turn lead to a richer sense…”
An Explanation of the Relationship between Instructor Humor and Student Learning: Instructional Humor Processing Theory (2010, background): “With improvements in measures of humor production (see Booth-Butterfield & Booth-Butterfield, 1991; Martin et al., 2003) researchers can now explore source and receiver differences in humor use and their effects on perceptions of humorous content.”
How Other-Oriented Perfectionism Differs from Self-Oriented and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism: Further Findings (2015, methodology): “Whereas previous studies found aggressive humor to show the lowest Cronbach’s alpha of all humor stylesmeasuredwith the Humor Styles Questionnaire (Martin et al. 2003), we are not aware of any study that found a reliability below 0.70.”
Coping with Stress: Social Work Students and Humour (2006, background): “Humour is usually considered to be multidimensional, so it is to be expected that some aspects, particularly hostile or self-deprecating humour, would not correlate with measures of well-being (Martin et al., 2003).”