What Types of Humor Do the Elderly Use﹖The Developmental and Gender Differences in Humor Styles.
| Autor: | Hung, Yi-Chun, 洪怡君 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 In the past, researchers have shown an ongoing interest in the study of individual differences in humor. Particularly, several studies have demonstrated that different types of humor might show different patterns of change in preferences with age. Although there are many studies on the developmental aspects of humor, from childhood through adolescence, but relatively little research is devoted to the study of humor with adulthood and the elderly populations. The current study aimed to investigate the individual differences in humor styles of different age groups. In addition, previous research has found that the phenomenon of positivity effect in older adults, may influence the use of all four styles of humor. According to the Socioemotional Selectivity theory (SST), as people get older, they are more intended to focus on themselves rather than the relationship, therefore, in this paper, the possibility that that older adults are more likely to use humor to enhance their emotion (self-enhancing humor style) was assumed. A total of 407 participants, from junior high to older adults completed the traditional Chinese versions of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ-TC) for the assessment of affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating humor styles. Analyses for both age groups and humor styles revealed significant interactions. Furthermore, older adults had significantly higher self-enhancing humor scores than the rest of the humor styles; likewise, self-enhancing humor also showed significant increase for adults (from college to older adults). Overall, the findings suggested that elders prefer the use of self-enhancing humor. In addition, the research also showed the difference of humor styles in various sexes and developmental stages. These findings can be used as experimental data or suggestions for future studies. |
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