Prerost F J
Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, Macomb 61455-1396, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1995 Aug;77(1):227-34. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1995.77.1.227.
Previous research has indicated a connection between the appreciation of different content types of humor and the effectiveness of laughter to reduce a hostile mood. Although a person's state of arousal can influence the preferences shown for a particular type of humor, little research has examined how sexual desire may contribute to preferences for humor. Anger was experimentally induced in 180 men and 180 women who had noted sexual desire before exposure to humor with sexual, sexist, and neutral content. Assessment of appreciation scores showed that angered men and women preferred sexual and sexist humor when they reported high sexual desire. Mood assessment indicated this appreciation related to the removal of anger and the reporting of a happy state with low ratings of sexual desire. Participants preferred neutral humor and showed least appreciation of sexist humor. Also, they did not enjoy a reduction in their hostile mood following exposure to humor.
先前的研究表明，对不同类型幽默内容的欣赏与笑对减轻敌对情绪的有效性之间存在联系。尽管一个人的唤醒状态会影响对特定类型幽默的偏好，但很少有研究探讨性欲如何影响对幽默的偏好。在180名男性和180名女性身上通过实验诱发了愤怒情绪，这些人在接触含有性、性别歧视和中性内容的幽默之前记录了自己的性欲。对欣赏分数的评估表明，愤怒的男性和女性在报告有高性欲时更喜欢性和性别歧视类幽默。情绪评估表明，这种欣赏与愤怒的消除以及报告低性欲的快乐状态有关。参与者更喜欢中性幽默，对性别歧视类幽默的欣赏最少。此外，接触幽默后他们的敌对情绪并没有得到缓解。
