@article{
author = "Schermer, Julie Aitken and Rogoza, Radoslav and Branković, Marija and Oviedo-Trespalacios, Oscar and Volkodav, Tatiana and Khanh Ha, Truong Thi and Kwiatkowska, Maria Magdalena and Papazova, Eva and Park, Joonha and Kowalski, Christopher Marcin and Doroszuk, Marta and Iliško, Dzintra and Malik, Sadia and Lins, Samuel and Navarro-Carrillo, Ginnes and Torres-Marín, Jorge and Wlodarczyk, Anna and Aquino, Sibele and Krammer, Georg",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The relationships between self-report loneliness and the four humor styles of affiliative, aggressive, self-defeating, and self-enhancing were investigated in 15 countries (N = 4,701). Because loneliness has been suggested to be both commonly experienced and detrimental, we examine if there are similar patterns between humor styles, gender, and age with loneliness in samples of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Across the country samples, affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles negatively correlated with loneliness, self-defeating was positively correlated, and the aggressive humor style was not significantly related. In predicting loneliness, 40.5% of the variance could be accounted. Younger females with lower affiliative, lower self-enhancing, and higher self-defeating humor style scores had higher loneliness scores. The results suggest that although national mean differences may be present, the pattern of relationships between humor styles and loneliness is consistent across these diverse samples, providing some suggestions for mental health promotion among lonely individuals.",
publisher = "PsychOpen",
journal = "Europe's Journal of Psychology",
title = "Humor Styles Are Related to Loneliness Across 15 Countries",
volume = "18",
doi = "10.5964/ejop.5407"
}
