Validation of the humour styles questionnaire in healthcare professionals [PDF]
Nursing Open, 2023 Aim The aim of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) in a sample of Spanish healthcare professionals. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Jacinto Gomez Higuera +2 more
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Do humour styles moderate the association between hopelessness and suicide ideation? A comparison of student and community samples [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Research has found that humour styles can moderate the relationship between various facets of mental health and well-being. Most of these studies have used college student samples, however, and the generalizability of these findings has not been firmly ...
Christopher Sears, Aaron Drake
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Social physical activity and sedentary behaviour as key determinants of humour expression and loneliness in older adults: a cross-sectional study using bayesian variable selection approach [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjective Social isolation among older adults is a growing concern, partially owing to diminished social cognitive function. Physical activity can potentially enhance social cognitive function.
Keishi Soga +4 more
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Individual differences in the way observers perceive humour styles [PDF]
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2019 Humour has been conceptualized as styles, which vary based on their function (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, and Weir, 2003). Research examining if and how observers perceive this intent is limited.
Robyn Brown +2 more
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Medical assistants’ comic styles and their potential for positive functioning at work: a cross-sectional study including a subgroup analysis [PDF]
BMC Primary CareBackground Medical assistants are essential for the healthcare system. However, they face several working demands every day, for which they need resources to cope.
Julia Raecke, René T. Proyer
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Exploring the consistency and value of humour style profiles [PDF]
Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 2020 Establishing generalisable humour style profiles promises to have significant value for educational, clinical, and occupational application. However, previous research investigating such profiles has thus far presented inconsistent results. To determine the generalisability and value of humour style profiles, a large and geographically diverse ...
Gustav Nilsonne +2 more
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Humor Competence Scale (HCS): scale development and validation [PDF]
Australian Journal of PsychologyObjective This study introduces the construct of Humor Competence, a set of interrelated psychological and interpersonal capacities that support successful humour use, and reports on the development and validation of a four-dimensional model of humour ...
Caroline Rosenberg +4 more
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Self-initiated humour protocol: a pilot study with an AI agent [PDF]
Frontiers in Digital HealthIntroductionNon-hostile humour and laughter have been known for therapeutic benefits in an individual’s mental health and wellbeing. To this end, we evaluated the Self-Initiated Humour Protocol (SIHP), a new type of self-administrable laughter ...
Abbas Edalat +5 more
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A systematic analysis of positive and negative humour styles
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThe purpose of the present study was to analyse the previous literature and identify the trend changes in studies of humour styles within four categories: psychological well-being, physical health, personality and counselling/therapy from 1995 to 2021 ...
Almas Hussain, Yagmur Cerkez
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Birds of a Feather Laugh Together: An Investigation of Humour Style Similarity in Married Couples
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016 The present research investigated the degree of similarity in humour styles between spouses as assessed with the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). Furthermore, self-esteem was investigated as a potential moderator of partner humour style similarity.
Christian Martin Hahn +1 more
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