The Association Between Humor and Depression in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients and High School Students
| Autor: | James C. Overholser, Stacy R. Freiheit, Kim L. Lehnert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Sociology and Political Science Hospitalized patients media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Creativity eye diseases fluids and secretions Emotional distress Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences sense organs Adolescent development Psychology Depressed mood Psychiatry 0503 education media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Adolescent Research. 13:32-48 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6895 0743-5584 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0743554898131003 |
| Popis: | Humor may be an important coping skillfor dealing with emotional difficulties during adolescence. The relations between humor and symptoms of depression in high school students and in depressed adolescent psychiatric inpatients were examined in the present study. Assessment of humor included measures of humor appreciation, humor creativity, and humor coping. Professional comedians rated humor creativity. Depression was assessed with self-report measures of depressed mood, self-esteem, and hopelessness. Results indicated that humor can be measured reliably and that humor and depression are related. Specifically, using humor to cope with emotional difficulties was related to depression more than was the ability to appreciate or create humorous material. Although the adolescent inpatients reported more emotional distress than did the high school participants, the two groups did not differ on the humor measures. Further research examining the role of humor in coping with depression among adolescents is indicated. |
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