Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Andres Bello University, Santiago, Chile.
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Scand J Psychol. 2020 Aug;61(4):565-573. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12629. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
The present study investigates mean-level differences in eight comic styles (fun, benevolent humor, nonsense, wit, irony, satire, sarcasm, and cynicism) depending on the sociodemographic variables gender, age, education, political spectrum, and religious affiliation. A large and varied Chilean adult sample (N = 1,272, 60.1% women; age M = 39.94, SD = 17.33) was recruited in face-to-face interviews and online testing. They completed self-reports of the comic styles (the Comic Style Markers) and sociodemographic variables. Overall, small, but meaningful, differences in comic styles were found for the different sociodemographic groups. Men scored higher than women in all comic styles except for benevolent humor, and six styles decreased with age. Having lower education was associated with more cynicism, while the reverse pattern was found for satire and wit. Religious people showed lower scores in four styles than non-religious people, and cynicism was higher in those identifying with left wing rather than right-wing attitudes. The present study thus provides insights into who is more likely to engage in different kinds of humor in their everyday lives.
本研究考察了八种漫画风格（有趣、仁慈幽默、荒谬、机智、讽刺、讽刺、讽刺和犬儒主义）在性别、年龄、教育、政治立场和宗教信仰等社会人口变量上的平均水平差异。在面对面访谈和在线测试中，招募了一个来自智利的大型、多样化的成年样本（N=1272，女性占 60.1%；年龄 M=39.94，SD=17.33）。他们完成了漫画风格（漫画风格标记）和社会人口变量的自我报告。总体而言，不同社会人口群体在漫画风格上存在微小但有意义的差异。男性在除仁慈幽默外的所有漫画风格上的得分都高于女性，而六种风格随着年龄的增长而下降。教育程度较低与犬儒主义有关，而讽刺和机智则相反。与非宗教人士相比，宗教人士在四种风格上的得分较低，而犬儒主义在认同左翼态度的人身上比右翼态度的人更高。因此，本研究深入了解了谁更有可能在日常生活中参与不同类型的幽默。
