University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2012 Jul-Aug;35(4):263-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.04.007. Epub 2012 May 3.
This scoping study examines the relation of the sense of humor and three dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at to psychopathic personality traits. Based on self-reports from 233 adults, psychopathic personality traits were robustly related to enjoying laughing at others, which most strongly related to a manipulative/impulsive lifestyle and callousness. Higher psychopathic traits correlated with bad mood and it existed independently from the ability of laughing at oneself. While overall psychopathic personality traits existed independently from the sense of humor, the facet of superficial charm yielded a robust positive relation. Higher joy in being laughed at also correlated with higher expressions in superficial charm and grandiosity while fearing to be laughed at went along with higher expressions in a manipulative life-style. Thus, the psychopathic personality trait could be well described in its relation to humor and laughter. Implications of the findings are highlighted and discussed with respect to the current literature.
本范围研究考察了幽默感与三种嘲笑和被嘲笑倾向之间的关系，以及它们与反社会人格特质的关系。基于 233 名成年人的自我报告，反社会人格特质与喜欢嘲笑他人有很强的相关性，而嘲笑他人与操纵/冲动的生活方式和冷漠关系最密切。较高的精神病态特质与情绪不佳相关，而且与自嘲能力无关。虽然整体反社会人格特质与幽默感无关，但表面魅力的方面却存在着强烈的正相关。更高的被嘲笑的乐趣也与更高的表面魅力和浮夸相联系，而对被嘲笑的恐惧则与更具操纵性的生活方式相联系。因此，精神病态人格特质可以很好地用它与幽默和笑声的关系来描述。研究结果的意义在当前文献的背景下得到了强调和讨论。
