Zeigler-Hill Virgil, Besser Avi, Jett Stephanie E
Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2013 Feb 27;11(1):201-26. doi: 10.1177/147470491301100118.
The provision of information appears to be an important feature of humor. The present studies examined whether humor serves as an interpersonal signal such that an individual's style of humor is associated with how the individual is perceived by others.
We examined this issue across two studies. In Study 1, undergraduate participants (257 targets) were rated more positively by their friends and family members (1194 perceivers) when they possessed more benign humor styles. In Study 2, 1190 community participants rated the romantic desirability of targets ostensibly possessing different humor styles.
Across both studies, our results were consistent with the possibility that humor serves as a signal. More specifically, individuals with benign humor styles (affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles) were evaluated more positively than those targets with injurious humor styles (aggressive and self-defeating humor styles).
These findings are discussed in terms of the role that humor may play in interpersonal perception and relationships.
提供信息似乎是幽默的一个重要特征。本研究探讨了幽默是否作为一种人际信号，使得个体的幽默风格与他人对该个体的看法相关联。
我们通过两项研究来考察这个问题。在研究1中，当本科参与者（257名目标对象）拥有更多良性幽默风格时，他们的朋友和家人（1194名感知者）对他们的评价更高。在研究2中，1190名社区参与者对表面上拥有不同幽默风格的目标对象的浪漫吸引力进行了评分。
在两项研究中，我们的结果都与幽默作为一种信号的可能性相一致。更具体地说，拥有良性幽默风格（亲和性和自我提升性幽默风格）的个体比那些具有伤害性幽默风格（攻击性和自我挫败性幽默风格）的目标对象得到了更积极的评价。
这些发现将根据幽默在人际感知和关系中可能发挥的作用进行讨论。
