TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Longitudinal Associations Between Humor Styles and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescence
JO  - Europe's journal of psychology
A1  - Fox, Claire Louise
A1  - Hunter, Simon Christopher
A1  - Jones, Siân Emily
SP  - 377
EP  - 389
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - This study assessed the concurrent and prospective associations between psychosocial adjustment and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative, self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive, self-defeating). Participants were 1,234 adolescents (52% female) aged 11-13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self-reports of psychosocial adjustment (loneliness, depressive symptomatology, and self-esteem) and humor styles were collected at two time points (fall and summer). In cross-lagged panel analyses, self-defeating humor was associated with an increase in both depressive symptoms and loneliness, and with a decrease in self-esteem. In addition, depressive symptoms predicted an increase in the use of self-defeating humor over time, indicating that these may represent a problematic spiral of thoughts and behaviors. Self-esteem was associated with an increase in the use of affiliative humor over the school year but not vice-versa. These results inform our understanding of the ways in which humor is associated with psychosocial adjustment in adolescence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1841-0413
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1065
ID  - ref1
ER  -