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Psychological Reports, 2001
A group of 60 middle-aged morticians at a professional seminar in the midwestern USA who completed a multidimensional sense of humor scale scored significantly lower than another group of 136 men from other occupations. The difference between the two groups appeared almost entirely on scale items having to do with humor generation or creativity.
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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A group of 60 middle-aged morticians at a professional seminar in the midwestern USA who completed a multidimensional sense of humor scale scored significantly lower than another group of 136 men from other occupations. The difference between the two groups appeared almost entirely on scale items having to do with humor generation or creativity.
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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Psychological Reports, 1994
This research note provides partial confirmation of a negative relationship between depression and sense of humor previously reported by Deaner and McConatha in 1993. Here, for 213 women and 134 men, r was –.18.
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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This research note provides partial confirmation of a negative relationship between depression and sense of humor previously reported by Deaner and McConatha in 1993. Here, for 213 women and 134 men, r was –.18.
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1971
To do the exacting work of medicine devoid of a sense of humor adds immeasurably to the effort. Humor often saves the day when dealing with man's foibles, with his genius and idiocies, his joys and sorrows, pleasure and pains, loves and hates, generosities and meannesses, grace and clumsiness, gentility and crudeness, in short, with his inconsistencies.
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To do the exacting work of medicine devoid of a sense of humor adds immeasurably to the effort. Humor often saves the day when dealing with man's foibles, with his genius and idiocies, his joys and sorrows, pleasure and pains, loves and hates, generosities and meannesses, grace and clumsiness, gentility and crudeness, in short, with his inconsistencies.
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Effects of Humorous Stimuli and Sense of Humor on Discomfort
Psychological Reports, 1991The effects of humor on increasing discomfort thresholds were tested with Transcutaneous End Nerve Stimulation (TENS). Undergraduate students ( n = 31) with high or low scores on Martin and Lefcourt's Situational Humor Questionnaire were randomly assigned to a humor or nonhumor condition.
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Psychological Reports, 1975
In a study on cognitive and personality structure and sense of humor, Rouff (1973) investigated the relationship between creativity and humor comprehension, among other variables. Creativity was defined in terms of a linking together of disparate cognitive elements (Mednick, 1962; Mednick & Mednick, 1967).
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In a study on cognitive and personality structure and sense of humor, Rouff (1973) investigated the relationship between creativity and humor comprehension, among other variables. Creativity was defined in terms of a linking together of disparate cognitive elements (Mednick, 1962; Mednick & Mednick, 1967).
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Psychological health and sense of humor
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1997Scores on the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) are shown to be related positively to a number of factors associated with psychological health, such as optimism and self esteem, and negatively with signs of psychological distress such as depression. Humor is a multidimensional construct that seems to be intimately related to quality of life.
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Psychological Reports, 1991
A sample of 365 individuals completed three scales designed to assess various elements of the personal construct of sense of humor. Data were factor-analyzed to estimate what elements the scales measure. Inadequacies are identified, and additional elements of sense of humor are recommended for a new, multidimensional humor scale.
James A. Thorson, F. C. Powell
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A sample of 365 individuals completed three scales designed to assess various elements of the personal construct of sense of humor. Data were factor-analyzed to estimate what elements the scales measure. Inadequacies are identified, and additional elements of sense of humor are recommended for a new, multidimensional humor scale.
James A. Thorson, F. C. Powell
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Sense of humor and dimensions of personality
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1993Previous researchers have demonstrated relationships between sense of humor and personality. Most have viewed sense of humor from the perspective of humor appreciation. Others have taken the approach that sense of humor has two factors: appreciation and creativity.
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1996
Scores on a multidimensional scale of humor and a nonverbal indicator of creative ability for 86 adults indicate a significant positive association of creativity and a sense of humor. Adults who were classified as low on creativity scored significantly lower on the humor scale than adults classified as high on creativity. This result is congruent with
Christiane Humke, Charles E. Schaefer
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Scores on a multidimensional scale of humor and a nonverbal indicator of creative ability for 86 adults indicate a significant positive association of creativity and a sense of humor. Adults who were classified as low on creativity scored significantly lower on the humor scale than adults classified as high on creativity. This result is congruent with
Christiane Humke, Charles E. Schaefer
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Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 1985
Each major behavior science has a variety of distinct perspectives on our species' capacity for humor. Some psychological, sociological, and anthropological approaches are explained in this article. No theory accounting for or method of studying humor has gained a plurality of adherents in any of these disciplines.
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Each major behavior science has a variety of distinct perspectives on our species' capacity for humor. Some psychological, sociological, and anthropological approaches are explained in this article. No theory accounting for or method of studying humor has gained a plurality of adherents in any of these disciplines.
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