Kuiper Nicholas A, McHale Nicola
University of Western Ontario, Department of Psychology, Westminster Hall, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7.
J Psychol. 2009 Jul;143(4):359-76. doi: 10.3200/JRLP.143.4.359-376.
The authors examined how certain humor styles mediate the relations between self-evaluative standards (which form the primary evaluative component of the self-schema) and psychological well-being. As predicted, greater endorsement of positive self-evaluative standards led to the use of more affiliative humor, which, in turn, led to higher levels of social self-esteem and lower levels of depression. Also, as predicted, greater endorsement of negative self-evaluative standards led to the use of more self-defeating humor, which resulted in lower levels of social self-esteem and higher levels of depression. Further, affiliative humor also mediated the relation between negative self-evaluative standards and well-being. In this study, the greater endorsement of negative self-evaluative standards led to the use of less affiliative humor, which led to a decrease in social self-esteem. These results suggest that specific features associated with these 2 humor styles may contribute in a differential manner to an individual's level of well-being. In particular, the increased use of affiliative humor may facilitate the development and maintenance of social support networks that foster and enhance well-being. Alternatively, the greater use of self-defeating humor may result in the development of maladaptive social support networks that impede psychological well-being.
作者们研究了特定的幽默风格如何调节自我评估标准（构成自我图式的主要评估成分）与心理健康之间的关系。正如所预测的那样，对积极自我评估标准的更多认同会导致更多地使用亲和型幽默，而这反过来又会导致更高水平的社会自尊和更低水平的抑郁。同样，正如所预测的那样，对消极自我评估标准的更多认同会导致更多地使用自我挫败型幽默，这会导致社会自尊水平降低和抑郁水平升高。此外，亲和型幽默也调节了消极自我评估标准与心理健康之间的关系。在这项研究中，对消极自我评估标准的更多认同会导致亲和型幽默的使用减少，进而导致社会自尊下降。这些结果表明，与这两种幽默风格相关的特定特征可能以不同的方式对个体的心理健康水平产生影响。特别是，亲和型幽默的更多使用可能有助于促进和维护能够培养和提升心理健康的社会支持网络。相反，自我挫败型幽默的更多使用可能会导致阻碍心理健康的适应不良的社会支持网络的形成。
